Unknown m-trinervia-starburst-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: detachable
Color: orange, pink, white, yellow, green, tan
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Summer, Spring, Fall, Winter
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, leaf midrib, on leaf veins, between leaf veins
Form:
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
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Gallformers ID Notes

A few small galls on the upper side of leaves of Miconia trinervia, globular or cylindrical in overall outline but with the edges typically obscured by many long spines recurved toward the base of the gall. Observed in Costa Rica throughout the year.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
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See Also:
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value m-trinervia-starburst-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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