Asphondylia clavata
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Hosts: Larrea tridentata
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, green
Texture: hairless, mottled
Abundance:
Shape: spindle
Season: Spring, Fall
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Walls:
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf midrib, between leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
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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.
The Asphondylia (Cecidomyiidae, Diptera) Of Creosote Bush
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Asphondylia clavata Gagne, New Species
Diagnosis.— This species and pilosa are indistinguishable. Galls of the two species have the same general form except that that of clavata is smooth (Fig. 2g), while that of pilosa has a thick covering of hair (Fig. 2e).
”- Raymond J. Gagne, GL Waring: (1990) The Asphondylia (Cecidomyiidae, Diptera) Of Creosote Bush©
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