Iteomyia s-lasiolepis-tooth-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Iteomyia
Hosts: Salix lasiolepis
Detachable: integral
Color: red, yellow, green
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: conical, cluster
Season: Summer
Related:
Alignment: erect, drooping, leaning
Walls:
Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy: 
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.
Plant Galls of the Western United States
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Iteomyia sp. A
Tooth-gall midge
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Hosts: Salix lasiolepis and related willows.
Each gall is characterized by one or more slightly bent projections that look like roots of a molar tooth.
”- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
Further Information:
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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 s-lasiolepis-tooth-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
