About Dasineura investita Plakidas, 2016
Dasineura investita, commonly known as the wood nettle gall midge, is a species of gall-forming midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. It was formally described in 2016 by Plakidas. This species induces galls that grow on the wood nettle plant Laportea canadensis. Galls can form on the plant's petiole, upper leaf surface, leaf midrib, leaf veins, between leaf veins, flowers, and stem. The galls are oval to globose in shape, measuring 4-5 mm by 8-12 mm, and range in color from pale, red, white, to green translucent. The species has two generations per year; fully grown larvae from the autumn generation overwinter inside the central chamber of the gall. The genus Dasineura, to which this species belongs, is a very large genus that contains many other gall-forming species.
