Resseliella globosa
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Resseliella
Hosts: Acalypha rhomboidea / Acalypha virginica
Detachable: integral
Color: red
Texture: pubescent, hairy
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Shape: globular, cluster
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Location: flower, stem
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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.
The Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) From Allegheny County Pennsylvania
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Resseliella globosa Plakidas is a univoltine species which produces a flower blossom gall on Acalypha virginica Linnaeus. Infested blossoms do not open and are larger in size than uninfested ones. The gall is illustrated in Gagné (1989) page 195.
”- JD Plakidas: (2016) The Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) From Allegheny County Pennsylvania©
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