Asteromyia carbonifera | |
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Larva | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Genus: | Asteromyia |
Species: | A. carbonifera
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Binomial name | |
Asteromyia carbonifera (Osten Sacken, 1862)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Asteromyia carbonifera is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It creates galls on Solidago plants. Females can lay up to 300 eggs at a time and often collect conidia of the fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea, which is deposited on the plant alongside the eggs. The larvae grow within the gall that the fungus creates, a form of mutualism. [5]
Asteromyia carbonifera | |
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Larva | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Genus: | Asteromyia |
Species: | A. carbonifera
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Binomial name | |
Asteromyia carbonifera (Osten Sacken, 1862)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Asteromyia carbonifera is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It creates galls on Solidago plants. Females can lay up to 300 eggs at a time and often collect conidia of the fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea, which is deposited on the plant alongside the eggs. The larvae grow within the gall that the fungus creates, a form of mutualism. [5]