Unknown e-californica-fuzzy-bud-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Hosts: Encelia californica
Detachable: detachable
Color: white, black
Texture: hairy
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Season: Winter
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Alignment: erect
Walls: thick
Location: bud
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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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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An elongated conical bud gall in a leaf axil of Encelia californica, covered in long white hairs nearly but not entirely obscuring the dark surface of the gall. Thick-walled and green inside, containing a single larva apparently of a cecidomyiine fly. Observed in California in December.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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