Contarinia g-asprellum-aborted-flower-bud

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

Swollen, aborted flower bud

Contarinia sp. This undescribed species was reared from larvae from the same kind of gall (gallformers contributors note: as Dasineura americana)

Host: G. asprellum
Distr: New York

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


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