Aceria l-pallidum-leaf-gall-organism

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Eriophyidae | Genus: Aceria
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: bumpy
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Season:
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: petiole, upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
Form: leaf blister
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Leaf Gall Organism
Synonymy:

Plant Galls of the Western United States

Leaf Gall Organism
Unknown

This organism induces integral, round to ovoid leaf and petiole galls on Lycium pallidum var. oligospermum and perhaps other species of Lycium. Galls often distort leaves as seen in the photograph [Russo 2021 pg. 229 Plate 384]

Host:
Lycium pallidum var. oligospermum

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


Further Information:
Author(s)
Year
Title
License
Gallformers Contributors
2024
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See Also:
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value l-pallidum-leaf-gall-organism on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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