Polystepha q-nigra-leaf-spot
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Polystepha
Hosts: Quercus nigra
Detachable: integral
Color: yellow, green
Texture: hairless
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Season: Fall
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thin
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
Form: leaf spot
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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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.
Gallformers ID Notes
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A circular leaf spot on Quercus nigra, causing a very slight, barely noticeable swelling above, concolorous with the leaf, and a slightly thicker swelling below, yellow-green with a darker spot in the center. Observed in Texas in October.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
Further Information:
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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 q-nigra-leaf-spot on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
