Asphondylia uvarum

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Detachable: integral
Color: green, black, purple
Texture: succulent
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Shape: globular
Season: Summer
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Alignment: integral
Walls: false chamber
Location: fruit
Form: non-gall, hidden cell
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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A New Pest Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Grape Berries (Vitaceae) in Southwestern North America with Descriptive Notes on the Genus

Asphondylia uvarum Gagne, new species

Developing fruit may appear normal externally while the single larva inside each fruit quickly matures, but the seeds inside do not develop. The larva pupates inside the berry.

- Gagne, Raymond J., Kim, Jung Wook, Uechi, Nami and Yukawa, Junichi: (2018) A New Pest Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Grape Berries (Vitaceae) in Southwestern North America with Descriptive Notes on the Genus©


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