Asphondylia s-odora-bud-rosette
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Hosts: Solidago juncea
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: leafy
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Shape: rosette
Season: Summer
Related:
Alignment: erect, integral
Walls: thin, mycelium lining
Location: bud, stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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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.
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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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. (USNM).
”- 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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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value s-odora-bud-rosette on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
