Blaesodiplosis a-arborea-button-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Blaesodiplosis
Detachable: integral
Color: white
Texture: pubescent, hairy
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Shape: spangle/button
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Location: lower leaf, on leaf veins, between leaf veins
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Gallformers ID Notes

Small, button-shaped galls on the lower leaves of what is assumed to be Amelanchier arborea based on range. The galls are scattered on and between the leaf veins and are finely hairy. Observed in New York in May.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


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2024
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