Asphondylia c-jepsonii-round-bud-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, green, tan
Texture: hairy, hairless
Abundance: rare
Shape: globular
Season: Spring, Fall
Related:
Alignment:
Walls: thick
Location: bud
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Notes

The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

3a Enlarged bud (368) ................................... Asphondylia sp.

Adults were reared in June and July. Hosts: C. cuneatus, C. jepsonii, C. sanguineus, C. thyrsiflorus. Distr.: Idaho, Oregon, and California.

[Figure 368 on pg. 253]

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


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Gallformers Contributors
2025
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