Unknown t-americana-tuft-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Hosts: Tilia americana
Detachable: integral
Color: white, tan
Texture: hairy
Abundance:
Shape: tuft
Season: Spring, Summer
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Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
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Possible Range:i
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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.
Gallformers ID Notes
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Small tufts of long white hairs scattered in numbers between the veins of Tilia americana, more or less symmetrically on both sides of the leaf. They have been observed in Florida in May and in Ohio in July. Old galls observed in Minnesota in October. The inducer is a midge.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©
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