Biology:Asphondylia photiniae
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Short description: North American-inducing insect
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Asphondylia |
| Species: | A. photiniae
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| Binomial name | |
| Asphondylia photiniae (Pritchard, 1953)
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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.[1][2] Galled berries stay green (when other fruit has ripened to red or gold, etc.) and look somewhat warped.[2] Each galled berry contains a single larva, which emerges in spring.[2] This midge is known from the Californias, where native Heteromeles arbutifolia grows in relative abundance.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Toyon Fruit Gall Midge (Asphondylia photiniae)" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1298760-Asphondylia-photiniae.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Russo, Ronald A. (2021) (in en-us). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 323. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. OCLC 1239984577. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691213408/html.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13616547 entry
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