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Blackberry Leaf Midge

Dasineura plicatrix

Field notes

Dasineura plicatrix is a species of gall midge, an insect in the family Cecidomyiidae, found in Europe. It was described by the German entomologist Friedrich Hermann Loew in 1850. The larvaae feed within the tissue of bramble leaves, creating an abnormal growth known as a plant gall.

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