Dasineura loewiana Rübsaamen, 1917
on Vicia
Vicia spec., Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár © László Érsek
gal
larvae; the white larva is an inquiline
larven
gall
Leaflets are folded upwards over the midrib, strongly swollen, abnormally short. Inside one or more pale red (or pale orange?) larvae. Galls often in chaotic knots. At least two generations per year; pupation in the soil.
hostplants
Fabaceae, monophagous
Vicia cracca, hirsuta, tenuifolia, tetrasperma, villosa.
notes
Without breeding the galls of D. loewiana, spadicea, and viciae cannot be distinguished with certainty. The identification of the pictures above therefore is with reservation.
references
Buhr (1965a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Docters van Leeuwen (1936a), Flügel (2016a), Lehmann & Flügel (2012a), O’Connor & Wistow (1999a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1917a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Stelter (1992b), Sylvén (1983a), Tomasi (2012a).