Blaesodiplosis a-alnifolia-thorn-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Blaesodiplosis
Hosts: Amelanchier alnifolia
Detachable: detachable
Color: pink, red, yellow, tan
Texture: hairless
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Shape: conical
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Location: upper leaf, between leaf veins, at leaf vein angles
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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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Red, thorn-shaped galls on the leaf veins of Amelanchier alnifolia. The galls begin to curl towards their tips, and are colored yellow-tan at the base. [This is the same as the Tooth-Gall-Midge described in Russo 2021, and illustrated in plates 553 and 554.]
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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