Schizomyia a-artemisiifolia-globular-leaf-swelling

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Schizomyia
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Walls: thin
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf
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Cells: monothalamous
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Globular leaf swelling...Schizomyia sp.

Swellings are thin-walled and monothalamous, slightly discolored, about 5 mm in diameter. When full-grown, the active, orange larvae break out of the gall and drop to the soil to pupate...Host: A. artemisiifolia

- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©


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