Blue-powder-gall

Guides

• Caryomyia glauciglobus

  Hickory Blue-powder Gall Midge

  Caryomyia glauciglobus is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae, described by Gagné in 2008. It is known for inducing distinctive blue-powder galls on hickory trees (Carya species). The species is part of the genus Caryomyia, which comprises gall midges specialized on Carya hosts.

  gall-midgeCecidomyiidaeCaryahickoryblue-powder-gallplant-gallNorth-America2008-description