Blaesodiplosis amelanchier-hook-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Blaesodiplosis
Hosts: Amelanchier canadensis
Detachable: integral
Color: red
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Season: Spring, Summer
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Location: upper leaf, between leaf veins
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Synonymy: Pending...
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.
Insect galls of Springfield, Massachusetts, and vicinity
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[This gall, which we strongly believe resembles an undescribed Blaesodiplosis midge gall that has been found in the Northeast, was listed by Stebbins as "Eriophyes amelanchieri n. s. June-berry mite-gall"]
These rounded galls occur in great numbers upon the leaves. On upper side they are globular, below they open by a prolonged tube which on maturity splits in two at the end, allowing the insect to emerge. Usually red above, light yellow-green below. About 2 mm above, 1-8 mm below. On June-berry, Amelanchier canadensis, June.
”- FA Stebbins: (1910) Insect galls of Springfield, Massachusetts, and vicinity©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/71437#page/43/mode/1up
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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 amelanchier-hook-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
