Dasineura investita: Difference between revisions

'''''Dasineura investita''''', the '''wood nettle gall midge''', forms a gall that grows on the wood nettle plant ''[[Laportea canadensis]]'' It was described in 2016 and is caused by a midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. The galls form on the petiole, upper leaf, leaf midrib, on leaf veins, between leaf veins, flower, stem. They are oval globose 4-5 mm by 8-12 mm pale, red, white, to green translucent.There are two generations a year, the full grown larva from the autumn generation overwinters in the central chamber of the gall. The genus ''[[Dasineura]]'' is a vary large one with many gall forming species. <ref>{{cite journal |last=Plakidas |first=John D. |year=2016 |title=The gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) from Allegheny County Pennsylvania |journal=An International Journal of Dipterological Research |volume=27 |issue=3-43–4 |pages=65-17665–176}}</ref>