Rhopalomyia e-leptocephala-ribbed-leaf-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rhopalomyia
Detachable: detachable
Color: green
Texture: hairless, ribbed
Abundance:
Shape: spindle
Season: Spring
Related:
Alignment: erect, leaning
Walls:
Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib, between leaf veins
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Possible Range:i
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Gallformers ID Notes

Green, hairless, spindle or cylindrical shaped galls emerging erect or leaning from on or adjacent to the lower midrib of leaves of Euthamia leptocephala. The galls are longitudinally ribbed and typically narrow to a short nipple at the apex. Observed in Louisiana in May.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


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