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©