Dasineura daphnes Diptera: Cecidomyiidae - gall midge
Dasineura daphnes

Photographs on Daphne mezereum

Hosts:
Daphne cnerorum, gnidium, laureola, mezereum, striata

Leaves at shoot tip with thickened, inrolled margins forming a bunch of contorted, overlapping leaves. Univoltine, the gregarious white larvae pupate in the soil.




Dasineura daphnes

Dasineura daphnes

Dasineura daphnes
Dasineura daphnes
Branksome, Dorset. December 2017

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