Asphondylia pila

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, gray, green
Texture: pubescent
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Shape: spindle
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Walls:
Location: leaf midrib
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The Asphondylia (Cecidomyiidae, Diptera) Of Creosote Bush

This species and clavata are indistinguishable. Galls of the two species have the same general form except that that of pilosa has a thick covering of hair (Fig. 2e), while that of clavata is smooth (Fig. 2g),

- Raymond J. Gagne, GL Waring: (1990) The Asphondylia (Cecidomyiidae, Diptera) Of Creosote Bush©


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