Clinodiplosis rhododendri

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Clinodiplosis
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: leafy
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Location: bud, upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf edge
Form: leaf curl
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Rolled, distorted, young leaf....Clinodiplosis rhododendri (Felt)

Leaves attacked in the bud stage may be killed, and young leaves may be dwarfed or deformed; all develop an in-rolling of the margin...multivoltine...

- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©


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