Dasineura napi (Loew, 1850)
on Brassicaceae
Brassica napus, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár © László Érsek
galls
opened siliqua
larvae
more in detail
Sinapis, Belgium, Bruxelles © Jean-Philippe Coppée
gall
The larvae are white and cannot jump; ± larvae in a silique. The species is a pest in crops of oilseed rape. Oviposition mostly in wounds that previously had been made in the pod, in particular by feeding by the weevil Ceutorhynchus obstrictus. Several generations per year; pupation in the soil.
host plants
Brassicaceae, oligophagous
Berteroa incana; Brassica napus, oleracea, rapa; Camelina sativa; Capsella bursa-pastoris; Coincya monensis subsp. cheiranthos; Diplotaxis tenuifolia; Eruca vesicaria; Erucastrum nasturtiifolium; Raphanus caudatus, raphanistrum & subsp. landra, sativus; Sinapis alba, arvensis.
synonyms
Cecidomyia, Dasineura, brassicae Winnertz, 1853.
notes
Pest insect.
references
Barnes (1946a), Buhr (1964b, 1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Kieffer (1891a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b, 2012a), Nijveldt (1954a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a, 2021a: 55), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a, 1999a, 2012a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Kettani (2017a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a).