Biology:Asphondylia artemisiae

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Short description: Species of fly

Asphondylia artemisiae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
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.[1] The larvae of this species induce galls on at least one species of sagebrush Artemisia (plant).[1] This species is only known from Arizona in the United States .[1] It was first described by American entomologist Ephraim Porter Felt in 1908.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13616581 entry