Oligotrophus juniperi

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Family: Cecidomyiidae (Midge) | Genus: Oligotrophus

Hosts: Juniperus californica / Juniperus osteosperma / Juniperus spp

Detachable: Detachable

Color: brown, green

Texture: leafy, spiky/thorny

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Shape: cluster, rosette

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Walls:

Location: bud, leaf edge

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Common Name(s): Burr Gall Midge

Synonymy (1)

Name	Type	Notes
Allomyia juniperi	scientific

Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.

Further Information (4)

New gall midges (Dipt.). - Felt, E.P. (1918) [Link]

License: Public Domain / CC0

Gallformers ID Notes - Gallformers Contributors (2026) [Link]

License: Public Domain / CC0

Plant Galls of the Western United States - Russo, Ronald A. (2021) [Link]

The plant-feeding gall midges of North America - Raymond J. Gagne (1989) [Link]