Blaesodiplosis a-utahensis-hairy-protuberances

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Blaesodiplosis
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Woolly-Leaf-Gall Midge Blaesodiplosis sp. A ...
induces triangular monothalamous galls on the upper surface of leaves of [Amelanchier utahensis and A. alnifolia] ... red-tipped galls [may] appear as a single, hairy white mass ... There is a slight protrusion on the [leaf underside].

[photo at Plate 552]

- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©


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