Neolasioptera vernoniae

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Detachable: integral
Color: red, green, purple
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Shape: globular
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Alignment: integral
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Location: petiole, lower leaf, leaf midrib, stem
Form: abrupt swelling
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Cecidomyia vernoniae

The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Swollen petiole, midrib, or stem...Neolasioptera vernoniae (BeutenmĂźller)

Swellings are green to red, 6–10 mm long. Hosts: V. baldwinii, V. noveboracensis

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


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