Ophiomyia abutilivora
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Agromyzidae | Genus: Ophiomyia
Hosts: Abutilon permolle / Abutilon theophrasti
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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.
Manual of North American Agromyzidae (Diptera, Schizophora), with revision of the fauna of the “Delmarva” states
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Hosts. Malvaceae – Abutilon theophrasti, A. permolle.
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ex. stem gall Abutilon theophrasti
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[note: some rearing records listed here say "stem gall", but in Charley Eiseman's handbook of leafminers (2nd Ed., 2021), he shows images of this species reaching the pupa stage without inducing a gall, instead merely raising a tiny welt at the site of its puparium within its stem mine.]
- Owen Lonsdale: (2021) Manual of North American Agromyzidae (Diptera, Schizophora), with revision of the fauna of the “Delmarva” states©
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