| Asphondylia photiniae | |
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| Campbell, California, 2022 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Asphondylia |
| Species: | A. photiniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Asphondylia photiniae (Pritchard, 1953) | |
Asphondylia photiniae, also known as the toyon fruit gall midge or toyon berry gall midge, is a species of midge that induces galls on the developing berries of the toyon bush in North America. Galled berries stay green (when other fruit has ripened to red or gold, etc.) and look somewhat warped. Each galled berry contains a single larva, which emerges in spring. This midge is known from the Californias, where native Heteromeles arbutifolia grows in relative abundance.
References
- ^ "Toyon Fruit Gall Midge (Asphondylia photiniae)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 323. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. OCLC 1239984577. S2CID 238148746.
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