Asphondylia pumila (summer generation)

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: leafy
Abundance: occasional
Shape: globular, sphere, cluster, rosette
Season: Summer
Alignment: integral
Walls: thin
Location: bud
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Asphondylia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of North American goldenrods: challenging morphology, complex host associations, and cryptic speciation

Aggregate bud galls that resemble those of A. monacha on S. juncea and S. erecta are known from several other goldenrod species, including S. patula, S. odora, and an undetermined Solidago species from Florida, based on material in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

[the goldenrod-galling members of this genus were thoroughly researched by the authors of this paper; please refer to it for many more details of gall biology, insect life history, anatomy, and phylogeny]

- Netta Dorchin, Jeffrey B. Joy, Lukas K. Hilke, Michael J. Wise, Warren G. Abrahamson: (2015) Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Asphondylia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of North American goldenrods: challenging morphology, complex host associations, and cryptic speciation©


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