Polystepha quercifolia

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Family: Cecidomyiidae (Midge) | Genus: Polystepha

Hosts: Quercus falcata / Quercus rubra

Detachable: Integral

Color: red, green

Texture: hairless

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Alignment: integral

Walls: thin

Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins

Form: leaf spot

Cells: monothalamous

Possible Range:

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Synonymy (1)

Name	Type	Notes
Cincticornia quercifolia	scientific

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On Quercus rubra

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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.

Further Information (6)

31st Report of the State Entomologist on Injurious and Other Insects of the State of New York - EP Felt (1915) [Link]

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Gallformers ID Notes - Gallformers Contributors (2026) [Link]

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71st Report of the State Entomologist on injurious and other insects of the state of New York - EP Felt (1917) [Link]

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Gall midges of Aster, Carya, Quercus and Salix - EP Felt (1910) [Link]

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Hosts and galls of American gall midges - EP Felt (1911) [Link]

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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America - Raymond J. Gagne (1989) [Link]