Blaesodiplosis a-alnifolia-mouth-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Blaesodiplosis
Detachable: integral
Color: pink, red
Texture: pubescent, hairy
Abundance:
Shape: hemispherical, cluster, numerous
Season: Spring, Summer
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Walls:
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins, at leaf vein angles, leaf edge
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Gallformers ID Notes

Clustered, tiny hairy galls resembling mouths on the undersides of leaves of Amelanchier alnifolia. The adult midges likely emerge from the upper sides of the leaves. Observed in Alberta in June.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


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