Asteromyia clarkei

Neolasioptera vitinea

"several females of *[Lasioptera clarkei [A. clarkei]]* were reared 1/18/1909 from a whitish, circular, blister gall on the leaves of *Aster macrophyllus* collected by Cora H. Clarke at Magnolia, Mass., October 12, 1908. Evidently this form winters in the gall, and from the character of its nidus we would be inclined to refer it to the genus *Asteromyia*.... The galls formed by this species occur on the under side of the leaf, scarcely showing above. They are nearly circular, 2 to 3 mm in diameter, yellowish white and with an irregular, central, dark puncture..."
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"yellowish or brownish blister leaf galls of *[Asteromyia sylvestris [A. clarkei]]* were very abundant October 22, 1914 on *Aster cordifolius* *[Symphyotrichum cordifolium]* at Mount Kisco NY…"

Neolasioptera vitinea Felt

The midge was reared June 15, 1907 from a conical petiole gall on grape, collected on Staten Island, N. Y. The gall is quite common in the vicinity of New York City, also at West Nyack, N. Y. It was found on Isabella grape by Mrs M. Archer Shee, Highland Falls, N. Y., and taken on grape at Albany, N. Y. The species was reared by the late Dr M. T. Thompson, Worcester, Mass., and presumably at Washington, D. C, as specimens dated April 28, 1888 are in the collections of the National Museum. Trichasis virginiensis Ashm. was reared from this gall. 

Gall (pl. 3, fig. 2). This is an obpyriform or slightly curved conical petiole gall on grape. The enlargement is about 1.5 cm long and .5 cm in diameter. Each gall contains 2-4 larvae in along central chamber. 

32nd report of the state entomologist on injurious and other insects of the state of New York 1916: Appendix: a study of gall midges V