Dasineura artemisiae (Rübsaamen, 1916)
on Artemisia
gall
the flower head is weakly swollen; between the failed florets live orange-yellow larvae. Pupation in the soil. Larval spatula weakly developed; the incision between the two lobes is very shallow, mostly missing altogether; often the lobes are unequal in size
hostplants
Asteraceae, narrowly monophagous
Artemisia campestris.
notes
the larvae sometimes live as inquilines of Rhopalomyia artemisiae.
references
Buhr (1994a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Rübsaamen (1916a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 36), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).