Asphondylia amaranthi

Asphondylia amaranthi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Supertribe: Asphondyliidi
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

  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  2. ^ a b E P Felt (1935). "New Species of Gall Midges from Texas". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 8 (1): 1–8. ISSN 0022-8567. JSTOR 25081400. Wikidata Q93494129.
  3. ^ Flora of North America North of Mexico, Oxford University Press, Wikidata Q1429295


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