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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For conical galls similar to those made by Rhopalomyia spp. on leaves of Solidago spp., but instead found on a Symphyotrichum host.
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value s-lateriflorum-conical-leaf-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here: