Dasineura minoterminalis Stelter, 1969

Diptera, Cecidomyiidae

on Salix

gall

Several leaves of a terminal bud are not unfolded, but rolled inwards, forming a slender-fusiform, erect gall of up to 8 mm. In the centre one, red, larva that eventually pupates within the gal. Univoltine.

hostplants

Salicaceae, narrowly monophagous

Salix aurita, caprea, cinerea.

synonyms

Rabdophaga minoterminalis.

references

Buhr (1965a # 6060a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Roskam (2009a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a).

27/08/2015