Protaplonyx sarcobati
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Protaplonyx
Hosts: Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Detachable: integral
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Alignment: integral
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Location: upper leaf, lower leaf
Form: leaf blister
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Protaplonyx hagani
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A tribal and generic revision of the Nearctic Lasiopteridi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)
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P. sarcobati forms a biconvex swelling on the leaves of S. vermiculatus which somewhat resembles the galls formed on Chrysothamnus spp. and Haplopappus spp. by Asteromyia chrysothamni Felt. [these hosts are now mostly in the genus Ericameria, with some exceptions]
”- Raymond J. Gagné: (1969) A tribal and generic revision of the Nearctic Lasiopteridi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)©
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