Epiblema discretivana
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Tortricidae | Genus: Epiblema
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, gray, green, tan
Texture: ribbed
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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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Synonymy: Pending...
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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Epiblema discretivanum (Heinrich)
Eucosma discretivana
âmostly on groundsel-tree, Baccharis halimifolia L., but I reared adults also from narrow leaved groundsel, B. angustifolia Michx. and B. glomeruliflora Pers.â
"Epiblema feed on Compositae; the late instar larvae bore in the stems. The three species treated in this paper produce rudimentary galls."
â- William E. Miller: (1977) Biology and taxonomy of three gall forming species of Epiblema (Olethreutidae)©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41135216#page/59/mode/1up
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