Ampelomyia v-mustangensis-lower-tube-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Ampelomyia
Hosts: Vitis labrusca / Vitis mustangensis
Detachable: detachable
Color: white, yellow, black
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: conical, cylindrical
Season: Spring, Summer
Related:
Alignment: integral, leaning
Walls: thick
Location: lower leaf, between leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Schizomyia sp.

Vitis
Complex, woody, node gall or dehiscent spine gall on leaf.
The spinelike galls usually occur on the leaves and are monothalamous.

Figure 432e

Range: eastern half of North America

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- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©

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