Neolasioptera k-virginica-tapered-stem-swelling

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Detachable: integral
Color: green
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Season: Summer
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Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Neolasioptera sp.

Tapered stem swelling
Adults were reared in July in Florida, so this species probably has more than one generation per year.

Hosts: Kosteletzkya virginica
Distr: Florida and Texas

- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©


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