Neolasioptera perfoliata
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Detachable: integral
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Alignment: integral
Walls: mycelium lining
Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Woody, tapered stem swelling (192) ....... Neolasioptera perfoliata (Felt)
Swellings appear near the upper part of the flowering stems. Larvae overwinter in the stems. Hosts: E. hyssopifolium, E. perfoliatum. Distr.: Massachusetts to Virginia.
Mikania
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Larva in tapered stem swelling...Neolasioptera sp.
Larvae overwinter in the stems. Host: M. scandens. Distr.: Connecticut and New York.
[adults from the galls on Mikania were subsequently reared and identified to species in later work]
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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