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. [1]
| Dasineura investita | |
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| Dasineura investita galls | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Dasineura |
| Species: | D. investita
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasineura investita Plakidas, 2016
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References
edit- ^ Plakidas, John D. (2016). "The gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) from Allegheny County Pennsylvania". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 27 (3–4): 65–176.