Sequoiomyia taxodii
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Sequoiomyia
Hosts: Taxodium distichum
Detachable: integral
Color: white, green
Texture: hairless
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Season: Winter, Spring
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick, spongy
Location: fruit
Form: hidden cell
Cells: monothalamous
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Retinodiplosis taxodii
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.
New North American gall midges
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This is an irregular, thick-walled, somewhat spongy, usually monothalamous gall with a diameter of 5 to 7 mm., which occurs tightly packed in Cypress cones. These galls are evidently modified seeds and the shape is determined to a great extent by the growth of those adjacent.
- EP Felt: (1916) New North American gall midges©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2561018#page/501/mode/1up
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