Contarinia enceliae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Contarinia
Hosts: Encelia californica
Detachable:
Color: gray
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Shape: cylindrical
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Alignment:
Walls: thick
Location: bud, stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
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▲Notes
Rhopalomyia enceliae
Felt
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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Conical, thick-walled, lateral bud gall...Rhopalomyia enceliae Felt
The gall is 6 mm long, 3 mm in diameter, gray, and its apex is rounded or flared. Galls are monothalamous but occasionally confluent and may deform the stem...
- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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