Epiblema desertana
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Tortricidae | Genus: Epiblema
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, green, tan
Texture: hairy, hairless, ribbed, ruptured/split
Abundance: occasional
Shape:
Season: Summer, Fall, Winter
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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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.
Biology and taxonomy of three gall forming species of Epiblema (Olethreutidae)
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"I found E. desertanum only on the grass leaved goldenrod Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb. [Euthamia graminifolia]"
"...limited observations suggest similar [tip-mining] by E. desertana]."
"...E. desertanum galls occasionally ruptured..."
- William E. Miller: (1977) Biology and taxonomy of three gall forming species of Epiblema (Olethreutidae)©
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