Contarinia lonicera-lobulate-swollen-bud
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Contarinia
Hosts: Lonicera sp
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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.
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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[1.] Contarinia sp. The bud is lobulate, 7β13 mm in diameter, and has short, brownish down. Larvae were collected in July. This species was reported as Cecidomyia sp. in Felt (1940), but the larvae taken from the galls belong to Contarinia. Host: Lonicera sp. Distr.: British Columbia.
- 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 lonicera-lobulate-swollen-bud on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
