Asphondylia d-aurantiacus-seed-pod-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Hosts: Diplacus aurantiacus
Detachable: integral
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Unknown d-aurantiacus-seed-pod-gall
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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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R. Gagné confirmed to genus in a personal email to Greg Froelich, who had send him reared adults, exuvia, and a gall, appending the following in from his key for Diplacus:
2b Swollen, aborted flower buds ……………………… Asphondylia sp.
Galls are 2.5-3 cm long and polythalamous with numerous individual larval chambers spread throughout the arrested floral parts. The Asphondylia from this gall is distinct from A. diplaci. Host: D. aurantiacus. Distr.: California.
- 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 d-aurantiacus-seed-pod-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
