Neolasioptera a-ostryifolia-stem-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Detachable: integral
Color: red, white, green
Texture: stiff, succulent
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Season: Fall
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Walls: thin, mycelium lining
Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Gallformers ID Notes

Tapered stem swellings of Acalypha ostryifolia. The galls are red to green in color, and have a succulent interior. They each contain several small, orange larva. Observed in Ohio in October.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


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