Asphondylia ratibidae (autumn generation)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Hosts: Ratibida columnifera / Ratibida pinnata
Detachable:
Color:
Texture:
Abundance:
Shape:
Season:
Alignment:
Walls:
Location: bud
Form:
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
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.
The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
“
Ratibida (coneflower)
...Asphondylia ratibidae Felt
Galls are monothalamous. This species has at least two generations per year. In summer the galls are in the flower heads...From August to October, galls are formed in enlarged stem ends or leaf bases...Host: R. columnifera...
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
Further Information:
Pending...
See Also:
