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.
Gallformers ID Notes
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A subtle tapered stem swelling on Physalis cinerascens, containing a lepidopteran larva at some point (although this may not have been the inducer). Observed in Louisiana in April.
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value p-cinerascens-tapered-stem-swelling on iNaturalist. You can view them here: