Neolasioptera g-bipinnatifida-stem-swelling
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Neolasioptera
Hosts: Glandularia bipinnatifida
Detachable: integral
Color: green
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Shape: spindle
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Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
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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.
Plant Galls of the Western United States
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VERVAIN-STEM-GALL-MIDGE Neolasioptera sp. Pl. 582
The integral stem galls of this midge occur just below the flowers ... [Measuring] 30 mm. long by 10 mm. wide [, t]hey are distinguished by the prominent raised vertical ridges [which] connect[ ] to new shoots ...
”- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
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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 g-bipinnatifida-stem-swelling on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
