Asphondylia gemmae

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Detachable:
Color:
Texture: hairy
Abundance:
Shape: globular, sphere
Season: Summer, Fall
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Walls:
Location: bud, flower, fruit
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Short-pilose, oval or spherical gall (247b)...... Asphondylia gemmae Gagne

Galls are ovoid, monothalamous, about 3 mm diameter, and occur in summer and fall on buds, flowers, or fruit. Host: A. canescens. Distr.:California. Ref.: Hawkins et al. (1986).

- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©


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