Neolasioptera h-curassavicum-green-blob-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Hosts: Heliotropium curassavicum
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: bumpy
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Summer
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: petiole, stem
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Alkali Heliotrope Green Blob Gall
Synonymy: 
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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DESCRIPTION & RANGE
Globular swelling occurring on the stems and/or petioles of Alkali Heliotrope.
Observed in July in San Diego County, CA and in June in Orange County.
July 27 2021
July 28 2021
FAMILY/GENUS
Identified as genus Neolasioptera by Raymond Gagné, as noted at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127303611
HOST
Heliotropium curassavicum
- Gallformers Contributors: (2025) Gallformers ID Notes©
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value h-curassavicum-green-blob-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
