Macrodiplosis q-stellata-like-majalis

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Macrodiplosis
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, gray, white, green
Texture: hairy, hairless
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Season: Summer, Fall
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Alignment: supine
Walls: thin
Location: lower leaf, on leaf veins
Form: pocket
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Gallformers ID Notes

Pocket galls to one or the other side of veins on the lower side of leaves of Quercus stellata, similar but often longer than those of Macrodiplosis majalis. Observed in Texas in July and October.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


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