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Stinging nettle galls - Dasineura investita
Copyright © 2011 Joe Zito

Stinging nettle galls - Dasineura investita
Cedar Rapids/ICNC, Linn County, Iowa, USA
July 10, 2011
Size: 7mm
upper surface of leaf, detachable
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Contributed by Joe Zito on 10 July, 2011 - 3:29pm
Last updated 10 July, 2011 - 9:06pm

Dasineura investita
Joe, this is the gall of Dasineura investita Plakidas 2012 (Cecidomyiidae).
… John Plakidas, 18 November, 2012 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Joe Zito, 10 July, 2011 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

Dasineura
These are on Laportea canadensis, right, rather than Urtica sp.?
… Charley Eiseman, 10 July, 2011 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

 
most likely
but is it different than these http://bugguide.net/node/view/364357/bgimage
… Joe Zito, 10 July, 2011 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

 
I think they are probably the same
or if not, they are another, closely related undescribed Dasineura species, so we might as well keep them all in the same section until somebody names them.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 July, 2011 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

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