Unknown e-pallida-fuzzy-floret-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: pink, green
Texture: pubescent, hairy
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Shape: cluster
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Location: flower
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Gallformers ID Notes

Fuzzy, gourd-shaped flower galls on the inflorescence of Echinacea pallida. They bare some resemblance to Asphondylia ratibidae, and may be members of the tribe Asphondyliini. Observed in Missouri in July.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


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