Rhopalomyia b-pilularis-leaf-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rhopalomyia
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: hemispherical
Season: Spring
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf midrib
Form:
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:

Gallformers ID Notes

A light-green gall forming a rough hemisphere on one side of the leaf that is at least sometimes paired with a rough hemisphere on the other side. Observed on Baccharis pilularis in April in California.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
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Year
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License
Gallformers Contributors
2024
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