Unknown b-asteroides-stem-borer

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Unknown | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, gray, green
Texture:
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Summer
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:

Gallformers ID Notes

A stem borer causing a globular swelling at the node of a stem of Boltonia asteroides. A lepidopteran caterpillar was found within.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
Author(s)
Year
Title
License
Gallformers Contributors
2024
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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