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Genus Dasineura

More goldenrod fauna - Dasineura carbonaria

Larva in gall on ash leaf - Dasineura pellex

Laportea, late-season gall midge #1 - Dasineura pilosa

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)

Superfamily Sciaroidea (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)

Family Cecidomyiidae (Gall Midges and Wood Midges)

Subfamily Cecidomyiinae (Gall Midges)

Supertribe Lasiopteridi

Tribe Dasineurini

Genus Dasineura

Explanation of Names

Author: Rondani 1840

Numbers

95 spp. in our area(1)

Remarks

5 spp. are considered pests(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 16 August, 2008 - 1:14pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 20 October, 2011 - 2:01pm

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