Asphondylia amaranthi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Supertribe: | Asphondyliidi |
Tribe: | Asphondyliini |
Genus: | Asphondylia |
Species: | A. amaranthi
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Binomial name | |
Asphondylia amaranthi
Felt, 1935
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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]
Asphondylia amaranthi | |
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Scientific 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]