Dasineura pyri (pear leaf midge)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Dasineura pyri (Bouché)

Preferred Common Name

• pear leaf midge

Other Scientific Names

• Cecidomyia pyri Bouché, 1847
• Dasyneura pyri (Bouché)
• Diplosis pyri (Bouché)
• Perrisia pyri (Bouché)

International Common Names

• Spanish: cecidomia de las hojas del peral
• French: cécidomyie des feuilles du poirier

Local Common Names

• Denmark: pærebladgalmyg
• Finland: päärynän äkämäsääski
• Germany: Birnenblattgallmücke; Gallmücke, Birnenblatt-
• Italy: cecidomia delle foglie del pero
• Netherlands: perebladgalmug
• Norway: pærebladgallmygg
• Sweden: päronbladgallmygga

EPPO code

• DASYPY (Dasineura pyri)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Diptera
•                         Family: Cecidomyiidae
•                             Genus: Dasineura
•                                 Species: Dasineura pyri

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

Growth Stages

List of Symptoms

Natural Enemies

Plant Trade

References

Antonin P, 1984. Cecidomyiids of the leaves (Dasyneura pyri Bch.) and immature pears (Contarinia pyrivora Riley). Revue Suisse de Viticulture, d'Arboriculture et d'Horticulture, 16(2):101-102.

Barbieri R, Becchi R, Pozza M, 1986. Phytosanitary protection of pear: four years of tests and observations also with the use of a pyrethroid alternative to D.N.O.C. Informatore Fitopatologico, 36(12):36-42.

Barnes HF, 1948. Gall Midges of Economic Importance. Vol. III: Gall Midges of Fruit. London, UK: Crosby Lockwood.

CABI/EPPO, 2008. Dasineura pyri. [Distribution map]. Distribution Maps of Plant Pests, December (1st revision). Wallingford, UK: CABI, Map 712.

Coutin R, 1981. The cecidomyiid of the leaves of pear. Phytoma, No. 331:28-29.

Fernandez Sanchez de la Nieta JM, Camino Germa I, Fernandez Sanchez de la Nieta JI, Franco Garreta I, Soldevila Baneres J, 1973. Life-cycle of Perrisia pyri Bouche (pear leafroller). Boletin Informativo de Plagas, No. 112:29-31.

Fernandez Sanchez de la Nieta JM, Fernandez Sanchez de la Nieta JI, Camino Germa I, Franco Garreta I, 1972. Life-cycle of Perrisia pyri Bouche (pear leaf-roller). Boletin Informativo de Plagas, No. 93:9-12.

Gagné RJ, 1989. The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Ithaca, USA: Cornell University Press.

GagnT RJ, 1989. Family Cecidomyiidae. In: Evenhuis NL, ed. Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Bishop Museum Special Publication 86. Hawaii, USA: Bishop Museum Press, 152-165.

GagnT RJ, Harris MO, 1998. The distinction between Dasineura spp. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from apple and pear. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, in press.

Gratwick M, 1992. Crop pests in the UK: collected edition of MAFF leaflets. Crop pests in the UK: collected edition of MAFF leaflets., x + 490 pp.; [Co-published with Van Nostrand Reinhold, Inc., New York, USA].

Kolbe W, 1982. Occurrence and control of pear leaf-curling midge and apple leaf-curling midge. Pflanzenschutz-Nachrichten Bayer, 35(3):291-308.

Sauphanor B, Miniggio C, Faivre d'Arcier F, 1993. Mean term effects of pesticides on beneficials in pear orchards: a field trial evaluation. Journal of Applied Entomology, 116(5):467-478.

Skuhrava M, 1986. Family Cecidomyiidae. In: Soós A, Papp L, eds. Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 4 Sciaridae - Anisopodidae. Budapest, Hungary: Akadémiai Kiadó, 72-297.

Sylvén E, Carlbäcker U, 1981. Morphometric studies on Oligotrophini adults (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) including an attempt to correct for allometric deviations. Entomologica Scandinavica, 15:185-210.

Sylven E, Carlbacker U, 1983. Allometric relationships concerning antenna and wing in Oligotrophini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Acta Entomologica Fennica, 42:90-102

Velimirovic V, 1976. Contribution to knowledge of the pear leaf gall midge Dasyneura pyri Bouche (Cecidomyidae, Diptera). Acta Entomologica Jugoslavica, 12(1/2):109-112.

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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