Mompha o-lindheimeri-stem-swelling

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Momphidae | Genus: Mompha
Detachable: integral
Color: pink, green
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: stem
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
missing image of Mompha o-lindheimeri-stem-swelling

Gallformers ID Notes

A globular, hairless, pink-green, abrupt swelling on the upper stem of Oenothera lindheimeri. Observed in Texas in October. Tentatively assumed to be induced by a moth in the genus Mompha based on similar galls known from other Oenothera species.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


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