Asphondylia atriplicicola
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: pubescent
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Season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
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Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: petiole, leaf midrib, between leaf veins, leaf edge
Form: leaf blister
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Asphondylia atriplicola, Blister Gall Midge, Saltbush Blister Gall Midge
Synonymy: Pending...
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 plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Atriplex (saltbush)
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1a. Galls on Atriplex canescens...2
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2b. Bud, fruit, or leaf gall, or detachable outgrowths of stem...4
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4a. Leaf blister...*Asphondylia atriplicicola (Cockerell)
Galls are monothalamous, about 3 mm in diameter. All stages of the gall maker can be found all year round. Host: A. canescens...
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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Pending...
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