Unknown p-tremuloides-petiole-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: hairless, ruptured/split
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Season: Summer
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Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: petiole
Form: hidden cell
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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missing image of Unknown p-tremuloides-petiole-gall

Plant Galls of the Western United States

Unknown
Petiole-gall midge
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Hosts: Populus tremuloides

Immature galls can be recognized by this abnormal flattening of the petiole and an apical bump that eventually becomes the lip or exit hole.

Range: WA

- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©


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