Putoniella p-angustifolia-globular-leaf-fold

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

Globular, hard, folded leaf

The two halves of a leaf form a capsule, which eventually develops a longitudinal slit on the upper side through which full-grown larvae escape. Swellings appear in May and larvae leave in June. This species is univoltine.

Host: P. angustifolia
Distr: Georgia

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


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