Dasineura urticae (Perris, 1840)
on Urtica
Urtica dioica, Nieuwendam
Urtica dioica, Bergen op Zoom: heavily infested plant
Urtica dioica, Zeewolde, Harderbos © Hans Jonkman: extreme infestation
Urtica dioica, Tilburg, de Kaaistoep: gall near the base of the leaf, at the midrib; upperside
same gall, underside
Urtica dioica, Beuningen: each gall contains one white larva
Urtica dioica, Duin en Kruidberg: gall at the leaf margin
the gall contained a parasitoid
detail of the wasp
Urtica dioica, Tilburg, de Kaaistoep: larva and spatula
gall
One to six white larvae in a gall; two or more generations per year; pupation in the soil. Vacated galls turn brown and wither.
hostplants
Urticaceae, monophagous
Urtica dioica, urens.
larva
prosternum with spatula (from Möhn, 1955a)
synonyms
Cecidomyia, Perrisia, urticae.
inquilines
Ametrodiplosis urticae and the predator Lestodiplosis urticae.
references
Baylac (1988a), Béguinot (2001c, 2002a,d,e,g, 2006a,c, 2007b, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Bruun (2015a), Buhr (1965a), Chinery (2011a), Cogolludo (1921a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Flügel (2016a), Gagné (2010a), Groom (2011a), Houard (1908a), Ilie & Marinescu (2011a), Kieffer (1891a), Koops (2013a), Lambinon & Romain (2009a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b), Lehmann & Flügel (2012a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Mirumian (2011a), 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), Skrzypczyńska (2007a), Skuhravá (2006a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1988a, 1994a,b, 1997a,b, 1999a,b, 2002a, 2003a, 2005b,c, 2006a, 2008a, 2009a, 2010a,b, 2012a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Buhr (2013a), 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 & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Stănescu (2009a), Sylvén (1983a), Tomasi (2003a, 2012a, 2014a).