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 an is found in Europe.

Dasineura acrophila
Scientific classification
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

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
  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.



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