Neolasioptera a-ostryifolia-stem-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Hosts: Acalypha ostryifolia
Detachable: integral
Color: red, white, green
Texture: stiff, succulent
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Season: Fall
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Walls: thin, mycelium lining
Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
Cells: monothalamous
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Image by Yann Kemper © Public Domain / CC0Our 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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Tapered stem swellings of Acalypha ostryifolia. The galls are red to green in color, and have a succulent interior. They each contain several small, orange larva. Observed in Ohio in October.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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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 a-ostryifolia-stem-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
