Taxodiomyia t-distichum-spindle-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Taxodiomyia
Hosts: Taxodium ascendens / Taxodium distichum
Detachable: detachable
Color: green, tan
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: spindle
Season: Summer, Fall
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf edge
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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.
Gallformers ID Notes
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Gall is attached to leaf at center point of the spindle. Color of the center of the spindle turns from green to yellow to tan while ends of the spindle remain green. Frequently the ends of the spindle curve in one direction creating a shape similar to cattle horns. Can be confused with T. taxodii. Note that T. taxodii causes a swelling/deformation of the leaf while the spindle gall is attached to an otherwise normally shaped leaf.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2025) Gallformers ID Notes©
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 t-distichum-spindle-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
