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Dasineura acrophila

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Dasineura acrophila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Dasineura
Species:
D. acrophila
Binomial name
Dasineura acrophila
(Winnertz), 1853[1]
Synonyms

Cecidomyia acrophila Winnertz, 1853

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.

Appearance of the gall

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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

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  1. ^ "Dasineura acrophila (Winnertz, 1853)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Chinery, Michael (2011). Britain's Plant Galls. Old Basing, Hampshire: WILDGuides Ltd. p. 34. ISBN 978-190365743-0.
  4. ^ Ellis, W N. "Dasineura acrophila (Winnertz, 1853)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 27 January 2021.