Dasineura leguminicola (Lintner, 1879)
clover seed midge
on Trifolium
Trifolium pratense, Polen, Bialowieza © Sébastien Carbonnelle
opened gall
Trifolium pratense, Flevoland, Reve-Abbertbos © Hans Jonkman
gall
A galled flower remains closed and underdeveloped within the enlarged calyce, and contains one white, later pink larva, that pupates within the gall. Usually many flowers of a flower head ad attacked, giving the head an untidy appearance, and making it firm to the touch. Two or three annual generations; pupation in the soil.
hostplants
Fabaceae, monophagous
Trifolium arvense, bordzilowskyi, hybridum, medium, pratense.
Not on T. repens.
synonyms
Cecidomyia, Perrisia, flosculorum Kieffer, 1890.
inquilines
The larvae are predated upon by Lestodiplosis pallidicornis and L. trifolii.
references
Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1909a) , Kieffer (1891a), Mirumian (2011a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2009a, 2010a, 2012a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Sylvén (1983a).