Asphondylia p-gracile-stem-swelling
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Hosts: Porophyllum gracile
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: glaucous, hairless
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Season: Fall
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
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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.
Gallformers ID Notes
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A slightly tapered hairless stem swelling on Porophyllum gracile. According to Arizonensis.org a midge belonging to the genus Asphondylia was extracted from a gall like this, but another observation contained a caterpillar. This may be an inquiline. Observed in Arizona in October.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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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 p-gracile-stem-swelling on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
