Contarinia o-tesota-swollen-leaflet-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Contarinia
Detachable: integral
Color: green
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Shape: hemispherical
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Location: between leaf veins, at leaf vein angles
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells: monothalamous
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Gallformers ID Notes

Swollen leaflets of Olneya tesota. Galls are thin-walled, translucent green and each contain a single orange larva.

Observed in Arizona in July. Adult midges were reared in August and identified by Raymond Gagne as Contarinia.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


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