Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua

Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae.[1] The larvae induce galls on Rudbeckia laciniata in North America.[1] It was first described by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken in 1878.[1]

Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua
Asphondylia floccosa gall
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. rudbeckiaeconspicua
Binomial name
Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua
Osten Sacken, 1878
Synonyms
  • Asphondylia conspicua Beutenmuller, 1907

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.