About Dasineura plicatrix (Loew, 1850)
Dasineura plicatrix (Loew, 1850) produces visible signs on its host plants starting in spring and early summer. These signs appear as contorted young bramble leaves, which may be creased, pleated or puckered, with thickened leaf veins. Conspicuous black staining is visible around the gall formed by the species. White larvae of Dasineura plicatrix can be found within these altered leaves until early summer, when they leave the galls and drop to the soil to pupate. Published sources disagree on whether this species has one generation per year or multiple generations annually. The galls formed by Dasineura plicatrix are often overlooked and misidentified as just a crumpled leaf. This species is distributed across Europe, and it is common in Great Britain. Galls have been recorded on specific bramble species.
