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Asphondylia floccosa

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Asphondylia floccosa
Asphondylia floccosa gall
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Asphondylia
Species:
A. floccosa
Binomial name
Asphondylia floccosa
Gagne, 1968

Asphondylia floccosa, the woolly stem gall midge, is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae.[1] The larvae induce galls on Atriplex polycarpa.[1] They don't feed on the gall itself, but rather fungus that grows within the gall. Each gall can contain anywhere from one to fifteen chambers.[2] This species is known from Arizona and California, and was first described by American entomologist Raymond Gagne in 1968.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ Dixon, Kevin A.; Lerma, Robert R.; Craig, Timothy P.; Hughes, Kimberly A. (1 June 1998). "Gall Morphology and Community Composition in Asphondylia flocossa (Cecidomyiidae) Galls on Atriplex polycarpa (Chenopodiaceae)". Environmental Entomology. 27 (3): 592–599. doi:10.1093/ee/27.3.592.