Iteomyia salix-chili-pepper-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Iteomyia
Hosts: Salix bebbiana
Detachable: integral
Color: pink, red, green
Texture: hairy, hairless
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Shape: conical
Season: Summer
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Alignment: erect, leaning
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf midrib
Form: leaf curl
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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.
Gallformers ID Notes
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Long, thin, conical, hairless galls projecting straight up or slightly leaning from near the midrib of an undetermined Salix sp. [bebbiana chosen as a plausible placeholder]. The galls are much longer than those of similar Iteomyia spp, and are distinct in having largely symmetrical projections above and below the leaf. The projections sometimes diverge into fasciation-like fingers at the tip. Early galls and shaded galls are yellow-green while those exposed to the sun turn a strong ripe-chili-pepper red by late July. Dense clusters are sometimes associated with curling of the leaf. Observed in Alaska in June and July.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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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 salix-chili-pepper-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
