Unknown f-virginiana-reniform-petiole-gall

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

Kidney-shaped petiole gall, 1-2 cm long
"Cecidomyia" reniformis Stebbins

Galls contain several individual larval cells. Adults have not been reared, larvae belong to the Cecidomyiidi but cannot be placed to genus.
Host: F. virginiana
Distr: Massachusetts

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


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