Neolasioptera pierrei
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Hosts: Sambucus canadensis
Detachable: integral
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Season: Winter, Spring
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Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
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Cecidomyia sambuci
Lasioptera sambuci
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Neolasioptera sambuci
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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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Sambucus (elder)
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Tapered stem swelling...Neolasioptera pierrei (Gagné)
Swellings vary in size depending on the number of larvae within. Larvae overwinter in the stem, and adults emerge in spring. Host: S. canadensis. Distr.: Massachusetts and New York.
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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