Cecidomyiidae

Stephomyia

Eugenia axillaris

Florida

Eugenia foetida

Stephomyia eugeniae

Stephomyia eugeniae

Galls are monothalamous, boot-shaped, and covered with white hairs. Similarly shaped, but smooth galls are in the USNM collection; it is possible they are made by a different species of Stephomyia. Pupation occurs in the gall, and pupae break out of the toe of the boot. In aggregate the galls sometimes cover the entire surface of the leaf. 

Hosts: Eugenia axillaris, foetida.

The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Stephomyia eugeniae

Galls are ellipsoidal, hairy, and 4-5 mm high

Host: Eugenia buxifolia [this host apparently does not occur in the US and contradicts the listing in Gagne's 1989 book. It is likely a mistake. The gall illustrated in figure 327 on the upper side of the leaf, reported from Eugenia axilaris in Florida, matches the description given in that book as well]

Distr: FL

[An undescribed species listed in figure 327 on page 275 but not featured in the Eugenia genus key on page 274]

[One of] two kinds of leaf galls, Eugenia axilaris (Florida, USA): Stephomyia spp.