Unknown d-texana-blister-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Eriophyidae | Genus: Unknown
Hosts: Diospyros texana
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, white, green
Texture: erineum
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Season: Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall
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Location: upper leaf, between leaf veins
Form: leaf blister, pocket
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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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Green, fuzzy erineum pockets formed on the upper surface of Diospyros texana leaves in spring, persisting throughout the year.
This gall is often presumed to be formed by Aceria theospyri, the mite causing erineum galls on Diospyros virginiana. As the mite is to our knowledge undescribed, this may turn out to be the case but there is no reason to believe it at the moment. It is just as if not more likely to be a distinct species. It is, like its host, limited in range to Texas and, likely, northern Mexico.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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