"Lasiopterini are a large, chiefly Old World tribe. Of the 330 known species, only 37 are native to North America and none is known from South America. Most Lasiopterini form simple swellings on buds, stems, petioles, and leaf ribs of various plants, but some live in galls or galleries originally formed by other insects. Most are associated with a symbiotic fungus."
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