Contarinia q-palustris-male-catkin-larvae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Contarinia
Hosts: Quercus palustris
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Season: Spring
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Location: flower
Form: non-gall
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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.
The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Contarinia sp.
Larva on male catkin
The specific damage to the catkins made by this undescribed species is unknown, but in spring the full-grown yellow larvae drop in such great numbers as to cover the surface of the ground.
Host: Quercus palustris
Distr: MD
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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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 q-palustris-male-catkin-larvae on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
