Gnorimoschema busckiella
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Gelechiidae | Genus: Gnorimoschema
Hosts: Symphyotrichum patens
Detachable: integral
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Shape: spindle
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Alignment: integral
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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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"G. busckiellum Kearfott ... galls lateral branches of Aster patens Ait., and is still known only from the type series reared in New Jersey. In the gall induced by this moth, the finished adult exit is covered only by intact plant epidermis."
”- 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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