Blaesodiplosis a-utahensis-balloon-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Blaesodiplosis
Detachable: integral
Color: orange, pink, red
Texture: hairy, hairless
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Fall, Summer
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
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Possible Range:i
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Gallformers ID Notes

Several large yellow-red globular galls on the upper side of leaves of Amelanchier utahensis. Observed in Arizona in September.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


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Gallformers Contributors
2024
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