Biology:Asphondylia floccosa
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Short description: Species of fly
Asphondylia floccosa | |
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Asphondylia floccosa gall | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Genus: | Asphondylia |
Species: | A. floccosa
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Binomial name | |
Asphondylia floccosa Gagne, 1968
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Asphondylia floccosa, the woolly stem gall midge, is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae.[1] The larvae induce galls on Atriplex polycarpa.[1] They don't feed on the gall itself, but rather fungus that grows within the gall. Each gall can contain anywhere from one to fifteen chambers.[2] This species is known from Arizona and California, and was first described by American entomologist Raymond Gagne in 1968.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 , Wikidata Q109561625
- ↑ Dixon, Kevin A.; Lerma, Robert R.; Craig, Timothy P.; Hughes, Kimberly A. (1 June 1998). "Gall Morphology and Community Composition in Asphondylia flocossa (Cecidomyiidae) Galls on Atriplex polycarpa (Chenopodiaceae)". Environmental Entomology 27 (3): 592–599. doi:10.1093/ee/27.3.592.
Wikidata ☰ Q13616530 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphondylia floccosa.
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