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Gall Content and Fate Key -Page 6

6 Cylindrical larva: 4-5 mm long, <1mm wide: three pairs of legs: hairs on posterior segments: galls show signs of tunneling through pithy region
(see figure below) Mordellista convicta

6a Larva gobular in shape: always in chamber

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