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Contarinia o-tesota-swollen-leaflet-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Contarinia

Hosts: Olneya tesota

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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image of Contarinia o-tesota-swollen-leaflet-gall

Image by Mike Plagens © CC-BY

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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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.

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- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes^©

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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 o-tesota-swollen-leaflet-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here: