Ampelomyia v-mustangensis-lower-tube-gall

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Ampelomyia v-mustangensis-lower-tube-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Ampelomyia

Hosts: Vitis labrusca / Vitis mustangensis

Detachable: detachable

Color: white, yellow, black

Texture: hairless

Abundance:

Shape: conical, cylindrical

Season: Spring, Summer

Related:

Alignment: integral, leaning

Walls: thick

Location: lower leaf, between leaf veins

Form:

Cells: monothalamous

Possible Range:ⁱ

Common Name(s):

Synonymy:

image of Ampelomyia v-mustangensis-lower-tube-gall

On Vitis mustangensis

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On Vitis mustangensis

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On Vitis labrusca

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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.

The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

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Schizomyia sp.

Vitis
Complex, woody, node gall or dehiscent spine gall on leaf.
The spinelike galls usually occur on the leaves and are monothalamous.

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Range: eastern half of North America

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Further Information:

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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 v-mustangensis-lower-tube-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here: