Unknown o-virginiana-vein-pocket-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Hosts: Ostrya virginiana
Detachable: integral
Color: white
Texture: hairy
Abundance:
Shape: linear
Season: Spring
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: on leaf veins
Form: pocket
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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.
Gallformers ID Notes
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This gall produces swollen veins on Ostrya virginiana. Galls are integral, and expand the leaf veins gradually from both sides. From the upper surface, it causes the leaf to contort and crinkle.
Observed in Virginia in May.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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