Iteomyia s-barclayi-appressed-tooth-gall-midge

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Iteomyia
Detachable: integral
Color: red, yellow, green
Texture: pubescent, hairy, hairless
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Shape: cluster
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Alignment: erect, integral
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf midrib, between leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Iteomyia sp. C
Appressed Tooth Gall Midge
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Although superficially similar to galls of Iteomyia sp. A, galls of this midge differ in that they form on the ventral leaf surface flat against the leaf rather than hanging down.

Host: Salix barclayi and perhaps other willows in the subalpine environment of mountains

- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©


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