Hamamelistes b-occidentalis
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Aphididae | Genus: Hamamelistes
Hosts: Betula alleghaniensis / Betula occidentalis
Detachable: integral
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Alignment: integral
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Location: between leaf veins
Form: leaf curl
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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.
Phylogenetics and evolution of the eastern Asian–eastern North American disjunct aphid tribe, Hormaphidini (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
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Hamamelistes sp. (undescribed)
Reports:
Betula occidentalis, ID
Betula sp., NH
North and west of the range of H. virginiana, a parthenogenetic Hamamelistes sp. has been collected on birch (Betula alleghaniensis in northern New Hampshire and Betula occidentalis in northern Idaho) (von Dohlen, 1991; unpublished data).
Hosts: Betula spp.
Range: Northern North America
”- Carol von Dohlen, Utako Kurosu, Shigeyuki Aoki: (2001) Phylogenetics and evolution of the eastern Asian–eastern North American disjunct aphid tribe, Hormaphidini (Hemiptera: Aphididae)©
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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 b-occidentalis on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
