Contarinia s-greggii-tube-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Contarinia
Hosts: Senegalia greggii
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, green
Texture: hairy, spiky/thorny
Abundance:
Shape: cluster
Season: Spring
Related:
Alignment:
Walls:
Location: bud, stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Tube Gall Midge
Synonymy: 
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.
Plant Galls of the Western United States
“
This midge induces clusters of bristle-covered, round to tubular, monothalamous bud galls on the stems of catclaw. Fresh galls are usually green and round with soft bristles.
”- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
Further Information:
Pending...
See Also:
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value s-greggii-tube-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
