Dasineura asparagi Tavares, 1902
on Asparagus
Asparagus acutifolius, Spain, prov. Barcelona, Caldes de Montbui © Jordi Montobbio
another specimen
the larva is white
Asparagus albus, Spain, Caceres, los Milanos, i.2015 © Sébastien Carbonelle
opened gall with larvae
gall
The gall resembles the one by Dasineura turionum, but in that species the larvae are red. The larvae are gregarious; pupation in the soil.
host plants
Asparagaceae, monophagous
Asparagus aphyllus, acutifolius, horridus.
synonyms
Perrisia asparagi.
references
Barnes (1946a), Cerasa (2015a), Cogolludo (1921a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Houard (1908a), Kieffer (1901b), Roskam (2019a), Salas-Remón, Llimona, Lozano ao (2015a), Sánchez, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2012a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 42), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Ebejer (2002a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Kettani (2017a), Tavares (1905a).