Dasineura corticis
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Dasineura
Hosts: Salix exigua
Detachable: integral
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Alignment: integral
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Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling, hidden cell
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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.
The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Dasineura corticis
Host: Salix sp.
Salix
Swollen twigs
Internodal twig swelling without foreshortening the stem
Twig swelling tapered, woody, sometimes barely noticeable
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This species was reared in May from small cavities beneath bark. It may be an inquiline or a secondary feeder. The name “Cecidomyia” orbitalis Walsh might be applicable to this Dasineura.
Range: MA
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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