Craneiobia tuba
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Craneiobia
Detachable: integral
Color: red, green
Texture: pubescent, hairy
Abundance: rare
Shape: conical, hemispherical
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Alignment: erect
Walls:
Location: leaf midrib, between leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy: Pending...
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Insect galls of Springfield, Massachusetts, and vicinity
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On leaf of Cornus amomum. Hemispherical above, about 3 mm. in diameter, projecting like a curved tube beneath, about 8 mm., open at end. Light green below, red-brown above. Bright orange larva. Three galls on each leaf.
”- FA Stebbins: (1910) Insect galls of Springfield, Massachusetts, and vicinity©
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