Asphondylia caudicis

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Detachable: detachable
Color: gray, green
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Shape: sphere
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Walls:
Location: bud, petiole, stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Bud Gall Midge
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

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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4b. Bud, fruit, or stem gall...5
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5a. Stem gall...Asphondylia caudicis Gagné

Galls are spherical, green, with very short pile, usually monothalamous, and about 6 mm in diameter. Host: A. canescens...

- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©


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