Polystepha q-velutina-small-leaf-spots
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Polystepha
Hosts: Quercus velutina
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: numerous
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls: thin
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
Form: leaf spot
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy: 
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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Many small, green, hairless leaf spots on a leaf of Quercus velutina, causing a slight contraction in a darker green ring around a light-green thickening of the lamina of the leaf a tiny green-to-black papilla at the center on the upper side. On the under side a very slight downward swelling is visible. The galls are approximately 1 mm in diameter. Observed in Michigan in October on all 7 leaves of a young seedling.
This may be Polystepha pustulata, simpla, or sobrina, but is markedly smaller than the reported size of any of those species.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©
Further Information:
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