Asphondylia antennariae

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]

Asphondylia antennariae
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. antennariae
Binomial name
Asphondylia antennariae
(Wheeler, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asynapta antennariae Wheeler, 1889

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Flora of North America, Oxford University Press, Wikidata Q1429295