Unknown rubus-like-d-rosae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Rubus occidentalis
Detachable: bothi
Color: green
Texture: leafy
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Season: Summer
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Location: bud, stem
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Field Guide to the Herb and Bramble Gall Wasps of North America
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Mossy bramble gall
Host: Bramble (Rubus sp.).
Gall location: On the leaf.
Description: Small to medium-sized swellings covered in fine, mossy, hairlike projections. Similar in appearance to the mossy rose gall (Diplolepis rosae) which occurs on roses (Rosa arvensis and R. canina).
Range: Thus far reported in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
As with the southern dewberry stem gall, virtually nothing is known of this gall. The inducer is entirely unknown, and there is a chance that the true inducer of this gall is a midge rather than a gall wasp.
”- Louis Nastasi, Charles Davis: (2022) Field Guide to the Herb and Bramble Gall Wasps of North America©
Further Information:
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value rubus-like-d-rosae on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
