Dasineura acrophila
Dasineura acrophila is a gall midge which forms galls on the leaves of ash (Fraxinus species). It was first described by Johannes Winnertz in 1853 and is found in Europe.
| Dasineura acrophila | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Dasineura |
| Species: | D. acrophila |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasineura acrophila | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cecidomyia acrophila Winnertz, 1853 | |
Appearance of the gall
Part of the leaflet is thickened and folded upwards to form a pod. It contains, up to twenty white larvae in late spring and early summer, or the remains of skin casts and faeces after the larvae have left.[2][3]
Species of ash galled, include white ash or American ash (Fraxinus americana), narrow-leafed ash (Fraxinus angustifolia & subsp. oxycarpa), Bunge's ash (Fraxinus bungeana), common ash (Fraxinus excelsior), manna ash (Fraxinus ornus) and Pallis' ash (Fraxinus pallisiae).[4]
References
- "Dasineura acrophila (Winnertz, 1853)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Preston Montford: FSC Publications. pp. 117–8. ISBN 978 1 85153 284 1.
- Chinery, Michael (2011). Britain's Plant Galls. Old Basing, Hampshire: WILDGuides Ltd. p. 34. ISBN 978 190365743 0.
- Ellis, W N. "Dasineura acrophila (Winnertz, 1853)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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