Euura s-sitchensis-potato-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Tenthredinidae | Genus: Euura
Detachable: bothi
Color: brown, tan
Texture: stiff, hairless
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Summer
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls:
Location: stem
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:

Gallformers ID Notes

Large, tan-brown, striated, potato-like irregularly globular swellings along the stem of Salix sitchensis. Similar to Russo's drawing of Euura lemmoniae. Observed in Washington in June.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
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Gallformers Contributors
2024
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