Illinoia r-parviflorus-pouch-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Rubus parviflorus
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, green, black, purple
Texture: bumpy, hairless
Abundance:
Shape:
Season: Summer
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, between leaf veins
Form: leaf curl
Cells: not applicable
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy: Pending...
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.
Plant Galls of the Western United States
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"Masonaphis" sp. [assignment to genus tentative pending DNA confirmation]
Pouch-gall aphid
Hosts: Rubus parviflorus
The tissues are distinctly swollen and have a convoluted, brain-like appearance on the dorsal surface of the galls.
Range: WA, British Columbia
”- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
Further Information:
Pending...
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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 r-parviflorus-pouch-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
