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Cecidomyiidae, stem galls - Neolasioptera
Copyright © 2021 MJ Hatfield

Cecidomyiidae, stem galls - Neolasioptera
Heritage Valley, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
October 2, 2021
Size: bottom 3.7cm, top 2.7cm
At the edge of an oak woods, collected this stem gall on an undetermined plant which may be Wood nettle, Laportea canadensis, or False nettle, Boehmeria cylindrica.

Dr. Gagné, The Plant-feeding Gall Midges of NA, p.292, "Boehmeria (false nettle), tapered stem swelling, Neolasioptera boehmeriae, swellings are 1-2 cm long..."
John Plakidas, The Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) From Allegheny County Pennsylvania, Neolasioptera laporteaea

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 7 October, 2021 - 9:16pm

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