Cincticornia pustuloides

This species is with very little question referable to Cincticornia. The gall is circular, blisterlike and protrudes slightly on each side of the leaf. It measures 4 to 7 mm in diameter and occurs in September in clusters on the leaves of various kinds of oaks.

Cecidomyia pustuloides

Q ilicifolia

June-July. Low, flat-topped bladder; green with brown circle above; yellow with small central point of black beneath. Some slightly lenticular.

MA

Cecidomyia? pustuloides sp. nov.

Gall.--Circular, blister-like, and slightly protruding on each side of the leaf. It measures about 4 to 7 mm in diameter. Found in clusters on the leaves of different kinds of oaks (Quercus rubra, coccinea, tinctoria [velutina], nana [ilicifolia], marylandica, in September.

Habitat.--NC, NJ

Polystepha pustuloides

Circular, flat or convex cell between veins
Smooth, flat or convex, thin-walled cell
Flat and inconspicuous or slightly raised blisters
Gall protruding on both surfaces of leaf

This gall protrudes on both sides of the leaf.

Host: Quercus spp.

Distr: NJ and NC