Dasineura odoratae Diptera: Cecidomyiidae - gall midge
Dasineura odoratae

Photographs on Viola odorata, Sweet Violet

Host:
Viola odorata

On one or both sides of leaf the margin is tightly rolled upwards and more hairy than normal. Gall contains gregarious whitish to orange (when mature) larvae. Pupation in white cocoons within gall

Similar: D. affinis, widespread on V. canina, reichenbachiana, riviniana. Dasineura violahirtae rare on V. hirta


Dasineura odoratae

Dasineura odoratae

Dasineura odoratae

Dasineura odoratae

Dasineura odoratae
Dasineura odoratae
Corfe Mullen and Wimborne, Dorset. October 2014, November 2017, February 2018

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