Procecidochares anthracina
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Tephritidae | Genus: Procecidochares
Hosts: Solidago californica
Detachable:
Color: brown, white, green
Texture: leafy, succulent
Abundance: common
Shape: globular, sphere, cluster, rosette
Season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Related:
Alignment: erect, leaning
Walls: thick
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Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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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.
Life history and description of immature stages of Procecidochares anthracina (Doane) (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Solidago californica Nuttall in southern California
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...uniquely forms bud galls on shoots arising from subsurface rhizomes of Solidago californica (Nuttall)...
[see this paper for much more information, including photos of galls]
- Richard D. Goeden and Jeffrey A. Teerink: (1997) Life history and description of immature stages of Procecidochares anthracina (Doane) (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Solidago californica Nuttall in southern California©
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