Oligotrophus j-scopulorum-recurved-leaf-scale-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Oligotrophus
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, red
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Oligotrophus sp.

This species, probably an Oligotrophus, is known only from galls and pupae. The galls differ from those of O. betheli only by having the tips of the outer leaf scales recurved.

Host: Juniperus scopulorum
Distr: Colorado

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


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