| Asphondylia amaranthi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Supertribe: | Asphondyliidi |
| Tribe: | Asphondyliini |
| Genus: | Asphondylia |
| Species: | A. amaranthi |
| Binomial name | |
| Asphondylia amaranthi Felt, 1935 | |
Asphondylia amaranthi is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae.
The larvae of this species induce galls on the fruit of Amaranthus blitoides. Though its host plant is widespread in North America this gall midge species has only been reported from Texas and Florida in the United States and Tamaulipas in Mexico.
It was first described by American entomologist Ephraim Porter Felt in 1935.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ E P Felt (1935). "New Species of Gall Midges from Texas". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 8 (1): 1–8. ISSN 0022-8567. JSTOR 25081400. Wikidata Q93494129.
- Flora of North America North of Mexico, Oxford University Press, Wikidata Q1429295
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