| Asphondylia floccosa | |
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| Asphondylia floccosa gall | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Asphondylia |
| Species: | A. floccosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Asphondylia floccosa Gagne, 1968 | |
Asphondylia floccosa, the woolly stem gall midge, is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The larvae induce galls on Atriplex polycarpa. 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. This species is known from Arizona and California, and was first described by American entomologist Raymond Gagne in 1968.
References
- ^ R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. 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.
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| Asphondylia floccosa | |
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