Cembrotia coloradensis

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Cembrotia
Detachable: integral
Color: red, yellow, green, purple
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Season: Spring
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Location: lower leaf
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Common Name(s): Pine Needle Gall Midge
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Notes
Janetiella coloradensis

New gall midges or Itonidae
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Janetiella coloradensis, new species.

Gall. β€” Length 4 to 5 mm., diameter 3 mm. This is a more or less regular, oval swelling at the base of the needles, containing near the center, a smooth, oval cell some 3 mm. long.

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- EP Felt: (1912) New gall midges or ItonidaeΒ©


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