Asphondylia photiniae | |
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Campbell, California, 2022 | |
Scientific classification | |
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]
Asphondylia photiniae | |
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Campbell, California, 2022 | |
Scientific classification | |
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]