Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Dasineura epilobii

Dasineura epilobii (Löw, 1889)

on Chamerion

Dasineura epilobii on Chamerion angustifolium

Chamerion angustifolium, Norway, Branderud, Kongsrudveien 4, 4.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: female

Dasineura epilobii on Chamerion angustifolium

Chamerion angustifolium, Norway, Aurmoen, 7.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Dasineura epilobii on Chamerion angustifolium

Chamerion angustifolium, Norway, Aurmoen, 7.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Dasineura epilobii on Chamerion angustifolium

Chamerion angustifolium, Norway, Aurmoen, 7.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: gall

Dasineura epilobii on Chamerion angustifolium

Chamerion angustifolium, Norway, Aurmoen, 7.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: larva

Dasineura epilobii on Chamerion angustifolium

Chamerion angustifolium, Norway, Aurmoen, 7.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: male

Dasineura epilobii on Chamerion angustifolium

Chamerion angustifolium, Norway, Aurmoen, 7.vii.2020 © Hallvard Elven: male

Dasineura epilobii: gall on Chamerion angustifolium

Chamerion angustifolium, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Mol, 16.vii.2015 © Carina Van Steenwinkel

Dasineura epilobii: opened gall

opened gall with young (because colourless) larvae

Dasineura epilobii: old gall on Chamerion angustifolium

old gall

Dasineura epilobii galls

Chamerion angustifolium; Belgium, prov. Luxembourg, Habay-la-Vieille © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Dasineura epilobii galls

a single galled flower

Dasineura epilobii opened gall

opened gall

gall

Larva pale red, gregarious; two generations per year, hibernation inn the soil.

host plants

Onagraceae, narrowly oligophagous

Chamerion angustifolium; Epilobium fleischeri, hirsutum, palustre

synonyms

Perrisia epilobii.

references

Béguinot (2002h, 2006a, 2007b, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), de Vere Graham & Gijswijt (1998a), Hansson & Shevtsova (2012a), Houard (1909a), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lambinon Schneider & Feitz (2012a), Lehmann & Flügel (2012a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1988a, 1992b, 1999a,b, 2003a, 2005b,c, 2006a, 2007a, 2009a, 2010a, 2012a, 2021a: 98), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Stănescu (2009a), Tomasi (2014a).

Last modified 5.iii.2023