Neolasioptera k-lanata-tapered-stem-swelling

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
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Form: tapered swelling
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

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Tapered stem swelling...?Neolasioptera sp.

The swelling is 15 mm long and 5 mm at its widest diameter. The larvae, the only specimens known, probably belong to Neolasioptera. Host: E. lanata. Distr.: California.

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


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