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Asphondylia artemisiae

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Species of fly

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. The larvae of this species induce galls on at least one species of sagebrush Artemisia (plant). This species is only known from Arizona in the United States. It was first described by American entomologist Ephraim Porter Felt in 1908.

References

  1. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Asphondylia artemisiae


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