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Dasineura crataegi

Synonyms: Cecidomyia crataegi (homotypic); Perrisia crataegi

Wikipedia Abstract

The hawthorn button-top gall, is caused by the dipteron gall-midge Dasineura crataegi (Winnertz, 1853). The gall develops in the terminal shoots of Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna (Jacq.) and the midland hawthorn Crataegus laevigata (Poir.) and their hybrids. Synonyms are Perrisia crataegi and Cecidomyia crataegi, (Winnertz, 1853).
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Prey / Diet

Crataegus azarolus (Mediterranean medlar)[1]
Crataegus heterophylla (Common Hawthorn)[1]
Crataegus intricata (Copenhagen hawthorn)[1]
Crataegus laevigata palmstruchii (Midland Hawthorn)[1]
Crataegus praemonticola (Calycine Hawthorn)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Dasineura oxyacanthae1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0