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Unknown v-angustifolium-leaf-edge-fold

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Hosts: Vaccinium angustifolium / Vaccinium corymbosum
Detachable: integral
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Alignment: integral
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Location: lower leaf, leaf edge
Form: leaf edge fold
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Host records of five species of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea: Platygastridae) from the United States, with the description of two new species of Platygaster
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?Putoniella sp. on Vaccinium angustifolium

The host midge causes a downward marginal fold in leaves of Vaccinium angustifolium (Ericaceae), in which the orange larva feeds (Figure 8 [see paper for photo]). This gall is previously undocumented and adults have not been reared, but two larvae that died before they could be transferred to soil were preserved. Among known cecidomyiid larvae, these appeared closest to those of Putoniella, but adults will be needed to confirm this placement. CSE has found similar galls on V. corymbosum L., but they seem to be uncommon on both hosts.

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- Peter Buhl, Charles Eiseman: (2018) Host records of five species of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea: Platygastridae) from the United States, with the description of two new species of Platygaster©

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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 v-angustifolium-leaf-edge-fold on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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