Biology:Asphondylia amaranthi

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Short description: Species of fly

Asphondylia amaranthi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
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.[1]

The larvae of this species induce galls on the fruit of Amaranthus blitoides.[1][2] Though its host plant is widespread in North America[3] this gall midge species has only been reported from Texas and Florida in the United States and Tamaulipas in Mexico.[1]

It was first described by American entomologist Ephraim Porter Felt in 1935.[1][2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13616583 entry