Unknown c-americana-vein-sac
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Corylus americana / Corylus cornuta
Detachable: integral
Color: yellow, green
Texture: pubescent, hairy
Abundance:
Shape:
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls: slit
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf midrib, on leaf veins
Form: pocket
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy: Pending...
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.
Insect galls of Springfield, Massachusetts, and vicinity
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Eriophyes coryli n. s.
Host: Corylus americana
A deformity of the leaf brought about by the excessive shortening and thickening of midrib and some of the main veins, producing puckering of the blade tissues. The thickened sac-like veins are really the galls, opening by slits above. Pubescent. On leaves of hazelnut, Corylus americana. One specimen. September.
”- FA Stebbins: (1910) Insect galls of Springfield, Massachusetts, and vicinity©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/71437#page/19/mode/1up
Further Information:
Pending...
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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 c-americana-vein-sac on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
