Pilodiplosis helianthibulla
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Pilodiplosis
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: pubescent, hairy
Abundance:
Shape: globular, sphere
Season: Summer
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: bud, upper leaf, between leaf veins
Form: leaf blister
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Sawtooth Sunflower Midge
Synonymy: Pending...
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.
Cecidomyiidae of Helianthus: taxonomy, hosts and distribution
“
...has been reared from spherical (bullet) galls from Helianthus sp. (Felt 1965) and H. tuberosus at Blackjack, MO.
”- C.E. Rogers, T.E. Thompson, R.J. Gagne: (1979) Cecidomyiidae of Helianthus: taxonomy, hosts and distribution©
Further Information:
Pending...
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