Walshomyia j-osteosperma-leafy-bud-gall-midge

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Walshomyia
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, gray, white, green
Texture: leafy
Abundance:
Shape: rosette
Season: Fall, Winter
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Walls:
Location: bud, stem
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Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Gall Midge Walshomyia sp. A, Juniper Gall Midge Walshomiya sp. A
Synonymy:
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Gallformers ID Notes

Utah Juniper Leafy Bud Gall Midge
*Bud Midge Walshomiya sp. A
*Juniper Gall Midge Walshomiya sp. A

Photos of this gall can be found in Ronald Russo's Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States (2006) on page 108 and in his 2021 publication, Plant Galls of the Western United States, on page 81. This gall has previously been misidentified as Oligotrophus betheli.

Additional observations of this gall can be seen here:
June 20, 2020
June 20, 2020
Nov 3, 2018
Oct 10, 2017

Host:
Juniperus osteosperma (syn. Juniperus utahensis)

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value j-osteosperma-leafy-bud-gall-midge on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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