Lasioptera asterspinosae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Lasioptera
Hosts: Chloracantha spinosa
Detachable: integral
Color:
Texture: bumpy
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Winter, Spring
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: stem
Form: abrupt swelling
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Possible Range:i
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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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Rough, uneven swelling, usually near base of stem...Lasioptera asterspinosae White
Galls may completely or only partially encircle the stem. They are brown, polythalamous, and spongy. Galls occur from ground level to 1 m above the ground. Larvae overwinter in the galls, and adults emerge in spring. Host: A. spinosus.
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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