Cembrotia p-edulis-needle-lip-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Cembrotia
Hosts: Pinus edulis
Detachable: integral
Color: green
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Shape: conical, hemispherical
Season: Winter
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Location: upper leaf, lower leaf
Form:
Cells: polythalamous
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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.
Plant Galls of the Western United States
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Cembrotia sp.
Needle-lip-gall Midge
The midge induces short or stunted, bifurcated needle galls on Colorado pinyon pine from Colorado westward, with limited distribution in California in the eastern Mojave Desert.
”- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
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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 p-edulis-needle-lip-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
