Cystiphora canadensis

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Cystiphora
Detachable: integral
Color: green, purple
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Shape: numerous
Season: Summer
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Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: between leaf veins
Form: leaf spot
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Prenanthes

Flat, ovoid, purplish leaf blister...Cystiphora canadensis Felt

Galls are approximately 3–5 mm in diameter...Hosts: P. alba, P. altissima, P. serpentaria.

- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©


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