Contarinia citrina

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Contarinia
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Irregularly swollen young bud or twig

Galls are succulent when young, occasionally grow to 2.5cm in diameter, and are polythalamous.

Host: T. americana
Distr: Massachusetts to Minnesota, south to Maryland and Missouri

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


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