Asphondylia antennariae
Appearance
Asphondylia antennariae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Supertribe: | Asphondyliidi |
Tribe: | Asphondyliini |
Genus: | Asphondylia |
Species: | A. antennariae
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Binomial name | |
Asphondylia antennariae (Wheeler, 1889)
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Asphondylia antennariae is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae.[1] The larvae of this species induce galls on the buds of Antennaria plantaginifolia.[1][2] This species is known from Wisconsin and Maine in the United States,[1] though it's host plant is widespread in eastern North America.[3] It was first described by American entomologist William Morton Wheeler in 1889.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata Q109561625.
- ^ a b Wm. M. Wheeler (April 1889). "On two new species of Cecidomyid flies producing galls on Antennaria plantaginifolia". Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 1889: 209–216. Wikidata Q109653103.
- ^ Flora of North America, Oxford University Press, Wikidata Q1429295