Chiosperma turgidum
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Chiosperma
Hosts: Symphoricarpos albus
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: leafy
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Location: bud
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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.
Three new genera and three new species of Nearctic Lasiopteridi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) from Asteraceae and Caprifoliaceae, and the tribe Rhopalomyiini subsumed under Oligotrophini
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This species is responsible for an elongate, swollen bud gall (Fig. 3) on Symphorocarpos albus.
Buds are enlarged, about 5 mm wide by 8–10 mm long, and do not open.
- Raymond J. Gagné: (2016) Three new genera and three new species of Nearctic Lasiopteridi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) from Asteraceae and Caprifoliaceae, and the tribe Rhopalomyiini subsumed under Oligotrophini©
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