Lasioptera tibialis

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Family: Cecidomyiidae (Midge) | Genus: Lasioptera

Hosts: Atriplex canescens / Keckiella antirrhinoides

Detachable: Integral

Color: red, green

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Location: stem

Form: tapered swelling

Cells: monothalamous

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On Keckiella antirrhinoides

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.

Further Information (4)

The plant-feeding gall midges of North America - Raymond J. Gagne (1989) [Link]

Gallformers ID Notes - Gallformers Contributors (2026) [Link]

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Biosystematics of the Lasiopterini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) associated with Atriplex spp. (Chenopodiaceae) in southern California - Gagné, R.J. and B.A. Hawkins (1983) [Link]

New gall midges (Itonididae) - EP Felt (1914) [Link]

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