Resseliella tulipiferae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Resseliella
Hosts: Liriodendron tulipifera
Detachable: integral
Color: pink, green
Texture: succulent
Abundance: common
Shape: spindle
Season: Spring, Summer
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: lower leaf, on leaf veins, at leaf vein angles
Form: tapered swelling
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy: 
Image by Adam Kranz © Public Domain / CC0
Image by Adam Kranz © Public Domain / CC0
Image by Adam Kranz © Public Domain / CC0
Image by Adam Kranz © Public Domain / CC0Our 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
“
Swollen midrib or vein on underside of leaf ... Resseliella tulipiferae (Osten Sacken)
Swellings may contain one to several larvae... Probably several generations occur per year. Full-grown larvae cut an exit hole and drop to the ground to pupate. Host: L. tulipifera...
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
Further Information:
Pending...
See Also:
