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Asphondylia floccosa? - Asphondylia floccosa
Copyright © 2016 James Bailey

Asphondylia floccosa? - Asphondylia floccosa
Salt Creek, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, USA
March 12, 2016
This woolly gall was on Atriplex polycarpa, and because of that it should be A. floccosa which is probably specific to this host.
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Contributed by James Bailey on 15 March, 2016 - 1:22pm
Last updated 8 October, 2017 - 5:35pm

Moved
Moved from Asphondylia.

Yes, this can be identified as A. floccosa based on the key of Gagné 1989(1) due to it being a large, woolly stem gall not covered with small leaf clusters on Atriplex polycarpa in California. And, it closely resembles that reference's Fig. 249 of that species.
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