Homaluroides distichliae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Chloropidae | Genus: Homaluroides
Hosts: Distichlis spicata
Detachable: integral
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Location: flower, stem
Form: abrupt swelling
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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.
New genera and new combinations in nearctic Chloropidae (Diptera)
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As far as known, the species form galls on grasses. The type-series of [Homaluroides] distichliae was reared from bract-covered galls on salt-marsh grass, Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene.
”- Sabrosky, Curtis W.: (1980) New genera and new combinations in nearctic Chloropidae (Diptera)©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16255084#page/455
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