Neolasioptera linderae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Hosts: Lindera benzoin
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, gray
Texture: hairless
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Form: tapered swelling
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Lasioptera linderae
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New species of gall-producing cecidomyidae
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Lasioptera? linderae sp. nov.
Gall.--Gnarly, elongate, woody swellings on one side or surrounding the smaller twigs or branches of spicebush (Lindera benzoin). It is hard and woody inside with a number of elongate, narrow chambers, in which the larvae live. Length 15 to 60 mm; width 7 to 10 mm.
Habitat: NY
The larvae overwinter and transform in the gall. The adult is unknown.
”- William Beutenmuller: (1907) New species of gall-producing cecidomyidae©
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