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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A pocket gall formed by pinching the lamina of a leaf of Salix lasiolepis upward, opening with a linear slit below, accompanied by chewing feeding. Leaf tissue was folded without apparent thickening of tissue. Cf Phyllocolpa. Observed in California in August.
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value s-lasiolepis-pinched-fold on iNaturalist. You can view them here: