Chamaediplosis h-macrocarpa-tiny-cup-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Chamaediplosis
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, red, yellow, green
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Contarinia [Chamaediplosis].
The damage is probably similar to that of Contarinia rugosa, but adult specimens are distinctly differ.

Host: Cupressus macrocarpa

Distr: CA

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


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