Neolasioptera bidens-sp-tapered-stem-swelling

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Hosts: Bidens sp
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Form: tapered swelling
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Stem gall...
Slender, woody, tapered stem swelling...Neolasioptera sp.

Swellings were reportedly about 13 mm long (Felt 1940). The gall maker is unknown and is only tentatively placed in Neolasioptera. Host: Bidens sp. Distr.: New York.

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


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