Lasioptera centerensis
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Lasioptera
Hosts: Impatiens pallida
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: succulent
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Shape: spindle
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells: polythalamous
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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.
33rd Report of the State Entomologist on injurious and other insects of the state of New York
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Lasioptera centerensis n. sp.
This name is proposed for a yellowish orange larva inhabiting a double celled gall at the base of the stem of Impatiens aurea taken at Karner, N. Y., September 6, 1906.
Gall. The gall is soft, green, one-half of an inch long, one-third of an inch in diameter, and is composed of two cells.
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This larva is easily distinguished from that of L. impatientifolia by the tridentate breastbone.
- EP Felt, John M. Clarke: (1917) 33rd Report of the State Entomologist on injurious and other insects of the state of New York©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35488024#page/324/
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