Macrodiplosis castaneae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Macrodiplosis
Detachable: integral
Color: yellow, green
Texture: hairy
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Season: Spring
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Walls: thin
Location: lower leaf, on leaf veins
Form: 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.
The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Macrodiplosis castaneae
Smooth, globular fold
Galls develop in spring
In June and July larvae escape through the elongate opening that develops along the vein on the upper surface of the leaf.
- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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