Neolasioptera iva-tapered-stem-swelling

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Hosts: Iva sp
Detachable: integral
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Shape: spindle
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Alignment: integral
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Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Iva
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Tapered stem swelling...Neolasioptera sp.

Swellings are reportedly about 25–30 mm long and 5 mm at the widest diameter. Host: Iva sp. Distr.: unspecified.

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


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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 iva-tapered-stem-swelling on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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