Taxodiomyia t-distichum-mustard-seed-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Taxodiomyia
Detachable: detachable
Color: white, yellow
Texture: hairless, succulent
Abundance:
Shape: sphere
Season: Fall
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Walls:
Location: leaf midrib, leaf edge
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Gallformers ID Notes

This midge induces tightly clustered, yellow to whitish-yellow, globular galls on the needles of Bald Cypress.

Observed in Louisiana in October and August.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


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