Macrodiplosis q-phellos-ribbed-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Macrodiplosis
Detachable: integral
Color: red
Texture: hairless, ribbed
Abundance:
Shape: spindle
Season: Spring
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Alignment:
Walls:
Location: leaf midrib, leaf edge
Form: pocket
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Possible Range:i
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Gallformers ID Notes

Integral, elongate, ribbed galls on midribs of Quercus phellos. The reddish galls cause the leaves to contort and wrinkle into a spindle shape.

Observed in North Carolina in April (2), and Virginia in April.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
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