Strobilotia carpophaga
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Strobilotia
Hosts: Picea glauca
Detachable: integral
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Season: Spring
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Location: fruit
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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.
Cone and Seed Insects of British Columbia
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A spruce seed midge, Mayetiola carpophaga (Tripp)
Damage: Each larva feeds in and destroys a single seed.
Host: White and possibly other spruces.
”- Alan F. Hedlin: (1974) Cone and Seed Insects of British Columbia©
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