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Asphondylia artemisiae

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Asphondylia artemisiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Supertribe: Asphondyliidi
Tribe: Asphondyliini
Genus: Asphondylia
Species:
A. artemisiae
Binomial name
Asphondylia artemisiae
Felt, 1908

Asphondylia artemisiae is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae.[1] The larvae of this species induce galls on at least one species of sagebrush Artemisia (plant).[1] This species is only known from Arizona in the United States.[1] It was first described by American entomologist Ephraim Porter Felt in 1908.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.