Asphondylia s-latissimifolia-terminal-rosette

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Asphondylia
Detachable:
Color: green
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Shape: rosette
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Location: stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
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Nantucket's Neglected Herbivores II: Diptera

Biology.—Forms a small, single-chambered, terminal rosette gall on Solidago latissimifolia Mill. (Asteraceae) (Fig. 2).

Notes.—This gall has not been reported previously, but based on its form it can be confidently attributed to an Asphondylia (N. Dorchin in litt.).

- Eiseman, Charles & Blyth, Julia: (2022) Nantucket's Neglected Herbivores II: Diptera©


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Year
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Eiseman, Charles & Blyth, Julia
2022
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