Asteromyia grindeliae

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asteromyia
Detachable: integral
Color: gray, green, black
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Season: Summer
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Alignment: integral
Walls: mycelium lining
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
Form: leaf blister, leaf spot
Cells: monothalamous
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Little known midge galls of certain composites

Blackened, carbonaceous tissue on leaves of Grindelia.

- E.P. Felt: (1917) Little known midge galls of certain composites©

Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1632548


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