Asphondylia c-velutinus-vein-gall-midge
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Hosts: Ceanothus velutinus
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: hairy, hairless
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Spring, Summer
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls: thin
Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib, on leaf veins
Form: pocket
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Vein 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.
Plant Galls of the Western United States
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Vein Gall Midge
Asphondylia sp.
Galls have sparse hairs and nearly obliterate the midrib. Galls measure 7 mm long by 5 mm wide and bulge out more noticeably than those of the midrib fold-gall midge. Each gall has a corresponding lip or slit on the leaf's dorsal surface.
Host:
Ceanothus velutinus
- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
Further Information:
Pending...
See Also:
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value c-velutinus-vein-gall-midge on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
