Unknown p-edulis-tiny-needle-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Hosts: Pinus edulis
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, green
Texture:
Abundance: rare
Shape:
Season: Winter
Related:
Alignment:
Walls: thin
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy: 
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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These small, inconspicuous galls are composed of an extremely stunted pair of needles swollen at the base to form a larval chamber where a single Cecidomyiid is found. The galls are surrounded at the base by brown needle sheaths that sometimes almost cover the entire gall. Larvae were found in galls in January in Utah. These galls have been photographed in Utah and New Mexico.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
Further Information:
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See Also:
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value p-edulis-tiny-needle-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
