Unknown l-ciliosa-irregular-swollen-bud

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Lonicera (honeysuckle)

Three separate species have been taken from swollen buds on various species of Lonicera in North America. It is unclear from their descriptions how the galls differ.
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[3.] A cecidomyiid. The bud is irregular, 2–2.5 cm long. This is a Felt (1940) record only, for which specimens were not kept. Host: L. ciliosa. 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 l-ciliosa-irregular-swollen-bud on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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