Dasineura dryophila Rübsaamen, 1917

on Quercus

gall

a leaf bud hs incompletely opened, the leaves remain small and are crumpled, the venation is thickened and sometimes hairy. In the folds some pale orange to reddish-yellow, not jumping, larvae.

hostplants

Fagaceae, monophagous

Quercus robur.

notes

Probably it is but an inquiline of Contarinia quercina, the latter species being the real causer of the gall.

references

Buhr (1965a), Gagné (2010a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1917a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 214), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Dengler (1997a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a).