Asphondylia s-tortifolia-bud-rosette-cluster
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Hosts: Solidago tortifolia
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: leafy
Abundance:
Shape: rosette
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment: 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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Similarly, small rosette galls that resemble those of A. rosulata sp. nov. were observed by R.J. Gagné (pers. comm.) on Solidago tortifolia Elliott, 1823 in Maryland in late October, but the identity of the gall inducer is currently unknown.
”- 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-tortifolia-bud-rosette-cluster on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
