Neolasioptera impatientifolia
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Hosts: Impatiens capensis / Impatiens pallida
Detachable: integral
Color: gray, pink, green
Texture: succulent
Abundance: common
Shape: globular
Season:
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: petiole, upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf midrib
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
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.
Insect galls of Springfield, Massachusetts, and vicinity
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Lasioptera impatientifolia
(Cecidomyia impatientis)
On petiole or midrib, on both sides. 1 cm. long, 4 mm. wide. Green, smooth, monothalamous, containing several larvae. On Impatiens biflora.
Common.
”- FA Stebbins: (1910) Insect galls of Springfield, Massachusetts, and vicinity©
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