Dasineura bupleuri (Wachtl,1883)

on Bupleurum

Bupleurum falcatum, galls (from Houard, 1909a)

gall

Apical leaves of main and lateral shoots somewhat thickened and disfigured, tightly bunched into a 2 cm long fusiform, apically acute, gall. Larva gregarious, yellow to orange; pupation in the soil.

hostplants

Apiaceae, monophagous

Bupleurum falcatum.

synonyms

Cecidomyia, Perrisia, bupleuri.

references

Buhr (1964b), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1909a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1997a, 1999a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Wachtl (1887a).