Pinyonia edulicola
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Pinyonia
Detachable: integral
Color: red, green
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Shape: spindle
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thin
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf
Form: tapered swelling
Cells: polythalamous
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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.
Plant Galls of the Western United States
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Needle-Gall Midge
Pinyonia edulicola
This midge induces spindle-shaped galls at the base of needles of Colorado pinyon pine form Colorado westward and singleleaf pinyon pine in the New York Mountains of the eastern Mojave Desert, California. Galls are often light green, or sometimes rose red.
Range: New York Mountains, eastern Mojave Desert
Hosts: Pinus monophylla, Pinus edulis
”- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
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