Walshomyia c-decurrens-pointed-bract-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Walshomyia
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: leafy, spiky/thorny
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Pointed-Bract Gall Midge
Walshomyia sp. D

Swollen terminal buds made of pointed buds with elongated shoots or tips protruding from the main gall body on incense cedar. Galls are polythalamous, bright green, with long, pointed bracts, and measure 15-20 mm long by 7 mm wide.

- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©


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