Crataegus spec., Denmark © Simon Haarder

gall

The flower buds remain closed and are swollen. Larvae dull, red, gregarious, unable to jump. Univoltine, hibernation in the soil.

host plants

Rosaceae, monophagous

Crataegus crus-galli, laevigata, monogyna.

synonyms

Dasineura oyensis (Tavares, 1922).

inquilines

Possibly this species is an inquiline of Contarinia anthobia.

At the other hand, it is assumed tha Dasineura fusca is an inquiline of D. oxyacanthae.

references

Barnes (1948a), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1964b), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a). Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roques, Cleary, Matsiakh & Eschem (2017a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Sánchez, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2012a), Simova-Tošić (2008a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a), Skuhravá (1989a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1999a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Sylvén (1983a).