Harmandiola castaneae

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Family: Cecidomyiidae (Midge) | Genus: Harmandiola

Detachable: Integral
Color: red, yellow, green
Texture: hairless, leafy, succulent
Abundance:
Shape: globular, spindle, cluster
Season: Spring, Summer
Alignment: integral
Walls: thin
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf midrib, on leaf veins
Form: leaf blister, tapered swelling
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:
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Synonymy (2)

Name Type Notes
Cecidomyia castaneae scientific
scientific
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Photo by F. A. Stebbins accompanying her original description of "Cecidomyia? castaneae", of leaf damage on leaf of American chestnut, Castanea dentata, near Springfield, Massachusetts.

Image by Fannie Adelle Stebbins © Public Domain / CC0

Image Details

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License: Public Domain / CC0
Attribution: photograph included in original description of the galls of "Cecidomyia? castaneae" by F. A. Stebbins in her 1910 (1909) book, "Insects galls of Springfield, Massachusetts, and vicinity." Presumably in public domain by 2022.
Creator: Fannie Adelle Stebbins
Uploader: petoskeymcclosky
Last Modified: petoskeymcclosky
Caption: Photo by F. A. Stebbins accompanying her original description of "Cecidomyia? castaneae", of leaf damage on leaf of American chestnut, Castanea dentata, near Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Image by Fannie Adelle Stebbins © Public Domain / CC0

Further Information (2)

License: Public Domain / CC0

License: Public Domain / CC0

See Also:
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Created Feb 4, 2026 1:47 PM UTC • Last updated Feb 4, 2026 1:47 PM UTC