Schizomyia racemicola
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Schizomyia
Detachable: detachable
Color: red, yellow, green, purple
Texture: hairless
Abundance: common
Shape: globular
Season: Fall
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Alignment:
Walls: thin
Location: flower
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
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Cecidomyia racemicola
Rhopalomyia racemicola
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.
New species of gall-producing cecidomyidae
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Cecidomyia? racemicola
Rhopalomyia racemicola
Gall. Green, smooth, rounded, tapering to a point at the apex, giving it a bud-like appearance. Inside it is hollow and contains a single larva. Length about 3 mm and 2.5 mm in diameter.
Found singly, or in clusters, among the racemes of different kinds of goldenrod (Solidago canadensis [sense unknown], puberula, serotina [gigantea] and probably other species).
Habitat: NC, NY, DC
The galls may be found in September and are somewhat difficult to detect, owing to their resemblance to the buds of the goldenrod flowers. The larvae leave the gall in autumn and enter the ground to transform.
”- William Beutenmuller: (1907) New species of gall-producing cecidomyidae©
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