Polystepha americana
Hosts:
Quercus rubra
Detachable: Integral
Color: brown, green, black
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: spindle
Season: Fall
Alignment: integral
Walls: thin
Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib, on leaf veins
Form: tapered swelling, hidden cell
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:
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gall has not been documented throughout this area.
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Further Information (5)
31st Report of the State Entomologist on Injurious and Other Insects of the State of New York
- EP Felt
(1915)
License: Public Domain / CC0
71st Report of the State Entomologist on injurious and other insects of the state of New York
- EP Felt
(1917)
License: Public Domain / CC0
Gall midges of Aster, Carya, Quercus and Salix
- EP Felt
(1910)
License: Public Domain / CC0
Hosts and galls of American gall midges
- EP Felt
(1911)
License: Public Domain / CC0
The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
- Raymond J. Gagne
(1989)
License: All Rights Reserved
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Last updated Feb 4, 2026 1:47 PM UTC