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.
Gallformers ID Notes
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A gall like Macrodiplosis niveipila but found on Prunus umbellata. A large pocket-like swelling along the midrib on the lower side of leaf, covered in pubescence, with a linear opening above fringed with pubescence. Observed in May in Texas.
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value p-umbellata-fuzzy-vein-swelling on iNaturalist. You can view them here: