Contarinia s-albidum-leaf-spot
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Contarinia
Hosts: Sassafras albidum
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: areola
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Location: upper leaf, on leaf veins, between leaf veins
Form: leaf spot
Cells: monothalamous
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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.
The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Contarinia sp.
Slightly convex leaf spots
3 mm in diameter
Same color as the leaf when the larva is present
Spots turn black in late spring
Host: S. albidum
Distr: PA, MD
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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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 s-albidum-leaf-spot on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
