Neolasioptera p-pumila-stem-swelling

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Tapered stem swelling

Swellings are 1-2cm long and turn woody in the fall.

Host: P. pumila
Distr: Maryland

- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©


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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-pumila-stem-swelling on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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