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Asphondylia gall on Atriplex? - Asphondylia
Copyright © 2008 Lee Elliott

Asphondylia gall on Atriplex? - Asphondylia
North of Texas line on US63/180., Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
August 14, 2008
Size: ~35mm wide, 65 mm long
White fuzzy gall on saltbush (Atriplex canescens, I think).
Contributed by Lee Elliott on 25 August, 2008 - 11:40am
Last updated 25 August, 2008 - 5:27pm

Yes...
I'm looking at the key and illustrations in this book, and Asphondylia would be the genus for any midge gall anything like this on saltbush. The gall that is the best match, made by A. floccosa, is on Atriplex polycarpa. None of the other woolly saltbush galls are more than 1 cm across. Is it possible that it was that species of saltbush?
… Charley Eiseman, 25 August, 2008 - 5:25pm

 
Not Atriplex polycarpa
I'm not positive it's Atriplex canescens, but it's definitely not Atriplex polycarpa. Thanks for all the useful info.
… Lee Elliott, 28 August, 2008 - 3:22pm

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