Contarinia a-rubrum-marginal-leaf-fold
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Contarinia
Hosts: Acer rubrum
Detachable: integral
Color: red, yellow
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Season: Spring
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Location: leaf edge
Form: leaf edge fold
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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 plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Contarinia sp. and Dasineura sp.
Host: Acer rubrum
Yellow and red marginal leaf fold
One or two larvae of either genus, but usually of Contarinia, are found in each of these folds, visible in early spring after the leaves are fully expanded. [illustration shows galls similar to those of Macrodiplosis erubescens on oak leaves]
Range: CT and NY to MD
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value a-rubrum-marginal-leaf-fold on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
