Dasineura investita, the wood nettle gall midge, forms a gall that grows on the wood nettle plant Laportea canadensis.

It was described in 2016 and is caused by a midge in the family Cecidomyiidae.

They are oval globose 4-5 mm by 8-12 mm pale, red, white, to green translucent.

There are two generations a year, the full grown larva from the autumn generation overwinters in the central chamber of the gall.

The genus Dasineura is a vary large one with many gall forming species.