[1] Each gall has a single larva, initially white and later orange or red.

[2] There is a single generation each year and pupation takes place in the soil.

[3] Iteomyia capreae galls are small, hard, green pouches, up to 4 mm in diameter and, as they mature, have a reddish or purplish tinge.

They are not as prominent on the lower leaf surface, having red-rimmed conical pores.

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