Unknown a-salsola-leafy-bud-gall-midge
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Ambrosia salsola
Detachable: detachable
Color: green
Texture: leafy
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Location: bud, stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Leafy Bud Gall Midge
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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.
Plant Galls of the Western United States
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Leafy Bud Gall Midge
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The elliptical monothalamous bud galls of this new species, found on cheesebush, are covered with long, leafy, divided bracts that mask the gall bodies beneath.
Recent research has shown that polymorphism exists among some gall midges. Based on this possibility, adults of these galls must be compared to determine whether they are separate species or simply one with different gall forms.
Host:
Ambrosia salsola
- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
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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-salsola-leafy-bud-gall-midge on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
