Acalitus iva-bead-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Eriophyidae | Genus: Acalitus
Hosts: Iva frutescens
Detachable: integral
Color:
Texture: hairless, erineum
Abundance:
Shape:
Season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
Form: leaf blister
Cells:
Possible Range:i
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Synonymy: 
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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Small integral bead galls, irregular in shape and surface, of a gray-yellowish green color lighter than the normal leaf tissue, often occurring in numbers on leaves of Iva frutescens in all seasons of the year. According to Jim Amrine, this gall was in the process of being described in 2018.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©
Further Information:
Pending...
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