Asphondylia villosa
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Hosts: Larrea tridentata
Detachable: integral
Color: white
Texture: woolly
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Shape: tuft
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Location: leaf midrib, between leaf veins
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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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This species and barbata are indistinguishable, but their galls are distinctly different. Both are squat leaf galls with a rugose, hairless patch at the base.
That of villosa is covered for almost its entire length with long hair (Fig. lb), while that of barbata is covered for only slightly more than half its length with short hair.
- Raymond J. Gagne, GL Waring: (1990) The Asphondylia (Cecidomyiidae, Diptera) Of Creosote Bush©
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