Tephritis baccharis
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Tephritidae | Genus: Tephritis
Hosts: Baccharis salicifolia
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, green
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Shape: globular
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Walls: thick
Location: bud
Form: tapered swelling
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Figure 1B: Lateral view of small, immature gall. G: Lateral view of mature gall with round window through which adult emerges.
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.
Revision of the Baccharis-Infesting (Asteraceae) Fruit Flies of the Genus Tephritis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in North America
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[Tephritis baccharis was described in Coquillett, 1894, as being from a "irregular oval gall... on tender twigs of Baccharis viminea". T. baccharis has been reared from San Diego County and Los Angeles County.]
”- John Jenkins & William J. Turner: (1989) Revision of the Baccharis-Infesting (Asteraceae) Fruit Flies of the Genus Tephritis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in North America©
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