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Cecidomyiinae, underside of leaf, Shingle Oak - Contarinia undescribed-species-on-oak

Cecidomyiinae, underside of leaf, Shingle Oak - Contarinia undescribed-species-on-oak
Jani Wood, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
July 29, 2018
July 25, 2018: collected leaves of shingle Oak, Quercus imbricaria, with leaf edge curl galls:
Macrodiplosis erubescens


and these mid-vein (underside of leaf) galls

August 21, 2018: 1 adult fly (out of several galls of both types)

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