Contarinia phytolaccae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Contarinia
Hosts: Phytolacca americana
Detachable: integral
Color: white
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Shape: globular
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Location: flower
Form: hidden cell
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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 Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) From Allegheny County Pennsylvania
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Contarinia phytolaccae Plakidas is a multivoltine species which attacks the flower blossoms of Phytolacca americana Linnaeus. Infested blossoms do not open and are larger than uninfested ones (Fig. 8). The first generation occurs in early June and ends in October with the larvae overwintering in the soil.
”- JD Plakidas: (2016) The Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) From Allegheny County Pennsylvania©
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