Polystepha quercifolia
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Polystepha
Hosts: Quercus falcata / Quercus rubra
Detachable: integral
Color: red, green
Texture: hairless
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thin
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
Form: leaf spot
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Synonymy: Pending...
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.
31st Report of the State Entomologist on Injurious and Other Insects of the State of New York
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Cincticornia quercifolia
This was reared in the bureau of entomology from a flat gall on red oak, Quercus rubra, leaves collected in the District of Columbia, adults appearing April 1 to 27, 1896.
”- EP Felt: (1915) 31st Report of the State Entomologist on Injurious and Other Insects of the State of New York©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36619989#page/543/mode/1up
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