Cypress Flower Gall Midge Taxodiomyia cupressi (Schweinitz, 1822)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Diptera   >   Family Cecidomyiidae   >   Genus Taxodiomyia   

Description:

Larvae form distinctively shaped galls on cypress leaflets.

Relationships:

Galls formed on Bald Cypress.

There are 7 records in the project database.

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Cypress Flower Gall Midge in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/18/2021). (c) shinnickj, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by shinnickj via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Cypress Flower Gall Midge in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/18/2021). (c) shinnickj, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by shinnickj via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Cypress Flower Gall Midge in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/18/2022). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

Cypress Flower Gall Midge in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/8/2020). (c) caitnied, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by caitnied via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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