Massalongia papyriferae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Massalongia
Hosts: Betula papyrifera
Detachable: integral
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Alignment: integral
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Location: bud, petiole
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells: polythalamous
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Apagodiplosis papyriferae
Oligotrophus papyriferae
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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.
Revision of the birch-associated genus Massalongia (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae), with description of a new species from Japan and a taxonomic key to worldwide species
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Distribution
North America: Canada (Quebec) and USA (Washington, Oregon and Michigan) (Gagné and Jaschhof 2017).
Gall and life history
Massalongia papyriferae forms bud galls on the paper birch, B. papyrifera. The mature larva drops to the leaf litter to overwinter in a bottle-shaped cocoon. Adults emerge in spring (Gagné 1967).
- Ayman Khamis Elsayed, Marcela Skuhravá, Kazuki Ohta, Satoshi Yoshida, Makoto Tokuda: (2020) Revision of the birch-associated genus Massalongia (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae), with description of a new species from Japan and a taxonomic key to worldwide species©
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