Gnorimoschema gallaespeciosum
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Gelechiidae | Genus: Gnorimoschema
Hosts: Solidago rigidiuscula
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, gray, green
Texture: hairless
Abundance: occasional
Shape: spindle
Season: Summer, Fall, Winter
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
Cells: monothalamous
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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.
A Comparative Taxonomic-Natural History Study of Eight Nearctic Species of Gnorimoschema that Induce Stem Galls on Asteraceae, Including Descriptions of Three New Species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
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"...the opening of the adult exit is located in the middle one-third of the gall slightly above midgall." [rather than the upper third]
"No bung is made; only intact plant epidermis caps the finished exit. Caps are translucent when the exit sides of bisected galls are held up to a lamp."
"Discounting minor irregularities, the galls are vertically symmetrical."
- William E. Miller: (2000) A Comparative Taxonomic-Natural History Study of Eight Nearctic Species of Gnorimoschema that Induce Stem Galls on Asteraceae, Including Descriptions of Three New Species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)©
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