Rabdophaga s-exigua-fuzzy-cone-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rabdophaga
Detachable: detachable
Color: gray, white
Texture: hairy, leafy
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Shape: rosette
Season: Fall
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Location: bud
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Gallformers ID Notes

Small, densely white-hairy cone galls on lateral buds of Salix exigua, resembling Rabdophaga strobiloides but with many fewer visible leaflets and more angled tips on those leaflets. Observed in New Mexico in September.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


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2024
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