Asphondylia nodula
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Hosts: Atriplex hymenelytra / Atriplex polycarpa
Detachable: integral
Color: brown
Texture: ruptured/split
Abundance:
Shape: cluster
Season: Winter, Spring
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Nodular Stem Gall Midge
Synonymy: 
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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Tough-textured stem swelling...Asphondylia ndoula Gagné
Galls occur in clusters, are about 4 mm in diameter. They are found in late winter and early spring, are restricted in distribution buy may be locally abundant. Host: A. polycarpa. Distr.: California...
- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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