Unknown f-californica-fruit-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Hosts: Frangula californica
Detachable: integral
Color: pink, red, green
Texture: hairy, hairless, mottled
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: fruit
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Gallformers ID Notes
“

A deformation and stunting of a fruit on Frangula californica. Observed in California in September. This may or may not be the same species as Russo's Flower-Gall Midge.

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- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©

Further Information:
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