Unknown c-cordiformis-succulent-swelling

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: orange, green
Texture: hairless, succulent, mealy
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Season: Summer
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: bud, petiole, upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf midrib, between leaf veins
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells: polythalamous
Possible Range:i
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Gallformers ID Notes

A thick-walled succulent swelling on the budding leaves of Carya cordiformis, thick-walled and containing several cells with larvae apparently of Cecidomyiid flies.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


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