Lasioptera collinsonifolia
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Lasioptera
Hosts: Collinsonia canadensis
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: pubescent, succulent
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Shape: spindle
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Location: leaf midrib, on leaf veins
Form: tapered swelling
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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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Swollen midrib or lateral vein (318b) . . . . Lasioptera collinsonifolia (Beutenmuller)
Galls are green, tapered and 1-2 cm long. The one to several white larvae in the central tunnel of each gall overwinter in the gall and pupate the following spring. Host: C. canadensis. Distr.: New York and Maryland.
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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