Unknown o-virginiana-vein-pocket-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: white
Texture: hairy
Abundance:
Shape: linear
Season: Spring
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: on leaf veins
Form: pocket
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Gallformers ID Notes

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: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
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