Lopesia m-arborea-tuft-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Lopesia
Hosts: Microdesmia arborea
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown
Texture: woolly, hairy
Abundance:
Shape: tuft, numerous
Season: Spring, Winter, Fall
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Alignment: erect
Walls:
Location: lower leaf, between leaf veins
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Unknown clethra-tuft-gall
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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.
Gallformers ID Notes
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Many small brown wooly tufts scattered across the lower side of leaves of Microdesmia arborea. Old galls with cecidomyiid exuviae observed in April in Oaxaca.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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