Dasineura pteridis (Müller, 1871)
on Pteridium

Pteridium aquilinum, Ede, Edese Bos © Marco de Haas

Pteridium aquilinum, Belgium, prov. Namur, Cognelée © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Pteridium aquilinum, Belgium, prov. Namur, Couvin, Ry de Pernelle; © Stéphane Claerebout

larva in its gall
gall
The solitary larva is orange-yellow. Hibernation in the ground. Roskam (2009a) writes of two annual generations, Skuhravá ao (2006a) of a single one, no doubt connected with differences in longitude.
host plants
Dennstaedtiaceae, monophagous
Pteridum aquilinum.
synonyms
Dasineura, Perrisia, filicina (Kieffer, 1889).
references
Béguinot (2006a, 2007b), Buhr (1965a), Perrisia ericina., Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Houard (1908a), Kieffer (1901c), Lambinon, Carbonnelle & Claerebout (2015a), Lambinon & Romain (2009a), Lambinon Schneider & Feitz (2012a), O’Connor & Wistow (1999a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Simova-Tošić & Skuhravá (2001a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skuhravá (2006a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a, 1999a, 2002a, 2005c, 2006a, 2008a, 2009b, 2010a, 2012a, 2021a: 203), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a, 2021a).