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Species Contarinia undescribed-species-on-oak

Contarinia Galls On Water Oak - Contarinia undescribed-species-on-oak Oak Leaf Gall ID Request - Contarinia undescribed-species-on-oak Oak Gall ID Request - Contarinia undescribed-species-on-oak midrib swelling on Quercus marilandica - Contarinia undescribed-species-on-oak Gall Midges - Contarinia undescribed-species-on-oak Gall Midges - Contarinia undescribed-species-on-oak Cecidomyiinae, underside of leaf, Shingle Oak - Contarinia undescribed-species-on-oak Cecidomyiinae, underside of leaf, Shingle Oak - Contarinia undescribed-species-on-oak
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Superfamily Sciaroidea (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
Family Cecidomyiidae (Gall Midges and Wood Midges)
Subfamily Cecidomyiinae (Gall Midges)
Supertribe Cecidomyiidi
Tribe Cecidomyiini
Genus Contarinia
Species undescribed-species-on-oak (Contarinia undescribed-species-on-oak)
Remarks
Causes tapered, striate galls, usually about 5 mm long, along veins of oak leaves. Larvae drop to the soil in summer and presumably remain there until the following spring. (1)
Works Cited
1.The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America
Raymond J. Gagné. 1989. Cornell University Press.