Contarinia l-tridentata-clasping-leaf-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Contarinia
Hosts: Larrea tridentata
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: leafy
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Season: Fall
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Walls:
Location: leaf midrib, between leaf veins, at leaf vein angles
Form: leaf snap
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Possible Range:i
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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 plant-feeding gall midges of North America
“
Undescribed species of Contarinia
The damage consists of a widened pair of leaves that are stuck together to form a flat, circular cell.
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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 l-tridentata-clasping-leaf-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
