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hackberry blister galls, Pachypsylla celtidisvesiculum - Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula

hackberry blister galls, Pachypsylla celtidisvesiculum - Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula
Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA
September 30, 2010
Size: 2 mm
front side of hackberry, Celtis occidentalis, leaves
leaf collected 19-Sep-2010, refrigerated

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Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula
I've showed a sampling of BugGuide's hackberry galls to Dr. John Moser, who confirmed that these are Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula, and added that the darker galls contain parasitoids.

 
I'm sorry
that I didn't open some darker ones.

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