Unknown g-stricta-red-spur-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: pink, red
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: conical, cylindrical
Season: Winter
Related:
Alignment: erect, leaning
Walls: thin
Location: between leaf veins, leaf edge
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:

Gallformers ID Notes

A small, hairless, integral, green to red-pink cylindrical cell at the edge or in the lamina pointing to either side of a leaf of Grindelia stricta. Observed in California in December with a larva inside.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
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Year
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License
Gallformers Contributors
2024
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