Pteridium aquilinum, Belgium, prov. Liège, Ougrée © Jean-Yves Baugnée

gall

leaf gall. One to (rarely) four larvae in the gall. Full grown larvae are white. One generation per year; hibernation in the soil.

host plants

Dennstaedtiaceae, monophagous

Pteridum aquilinum.

Records from Blechnum spicant; Polystichum aculeatum, setiferum are dubious.

synonyms

Perrisia pteridicola.

notes

Contary to the gall of Dasineura pteridis the leaf is not swollen, or only hardly so.

references

Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gagné (2010a), Houard (1908a), Kieffer (1901c), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lambinon Schneider & Feitz (2012a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a, 2019a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1916a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a, 1999a, 2005b,c, 2006a, 2007a, 2009a,b, 2010a, 2021a: 202), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Carbonnelle (2017a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a).