Neolasioptera apocyni
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Hosts: Apocynum androsaemifolium
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Lasioptera apocyni
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.
The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Oval, discolored stem depression...Neolasioptera apocyni (Felt)
Larvae live in individual cells just below the stem surface. An adult was reared from stems in August, so there may be more than one generation of this species each year. Host: A. androsaemifolium. Dist.: New Jersey. Ref: Weiss and West (1921).
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value apocyni on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
