Cecidomyia brachynteroides O. S.
1862 Osten Sacken, C. R. Mon. Dipt. N. A., 1:198

This species produces a swelling at the base of scrub pine needles, Pinus inops [Pinus virginiana]. It is probably a species of Itonida and may be identical with I. pinirigidae Pack.

On Virginia pine, Pinus virginiana ... Thecodiplosis brachynteroides (Osten Sacken)
Infested needles are much shortened and usually coalesced basally. The gall is purplish, and the two needles growing out of it usually diverge... This species may possibly be the same as T. pinirigidae on pitch pine because the two species cannot be separated on anatomical characters...