Lasioptera cylindrigallae

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Lasioptera
Detachable: integral
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Season: Summer
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Alignment: integral
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Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Tapered swelling at base of stem...Lasioptera cylindrigallae Felt
This gall has occasionally been attributed to L. solidaginis, which forms a similar gall on Solidago. The gall midge is probably univoltine. Host: E. graminifolia.

- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©


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