[Asphondylia] neomexicana. USA (California, Arizona, New Mexico). Atriplex canescens (Chenopodiaceae).
Cecidomyia neomexicana Cockerell 1896: 204. USA: New Mexico, Organ; LT, des. Gagné 1986d: 68; ♂; USNM.

Galls numerous, many together, on twigs of Atriplex canescens ; globular, 8 to 12 mm. diam., yellowish-white. Composed of loose felted hairs, so that the outside is soft, wool-like in appearance, yielding to pressure. The cell within is green, not at all woody.

Atriplex (saltbush)
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1a. Galls on Atriplex canescens...2
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2b. Bud, fruit, or leaf gall, or detachable outgrowths of stem...4
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4b. Bud, fruit, or stem gall...5
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5b. Axillary bud or fruit gall...6
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6a. Densely woolly, spherical gall...Asphondylia neomexicana (Cockerell)

Galls are white, about 1 cm in diameter including the trichome covering, monothalamous, and occur in summer and fall. Host: A. canescens...

Galls are white, about 1 cm in diameter including the trichome covering, monothalamous, and occur in summer and fall. Host: A. canescens...