Meunieriella on-smilax

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Meunieriella on-smilax

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Meunieriella

Hosts: Smilax bona-nox / Smilax rotundifolia / Smilax tamnoides

Detachable: integral

Color: brown, white, tan

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Season: Summer, Fall

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Location: between leaf veins

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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.

Miscellaneous Records of Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) from the USA

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Meunierella spp.
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CONNECTICUT...ex Smilax...(1 adult)
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MASSACHUSETTS...ex Smilax rotundifolia...(4 adults, 1 cocoon with pupal exuviae)
...reared from leaf spots on Smilax rotundifolia L. (Smilacaceae) and Uvularia sessilifolia L. (Colchicaceae) in which the solitary larva was clearly visible through the lower epidermis...R. J. Gagné initially identified the specimens from Smilax as belonging to an undescribed species (which he has also reared), but upon further study he was unable to find any morphological differences between specimens from this host and M. aquilonia Gagné... He is, however, reluctant to accept that they are conspecific until molecular data are available (Gagné 1989 and in litt., 18 August 2024).

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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value on-smilax on iNaturalist. You can view them here: