Asphondylia ambrosiae
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Cecidomyiidae
- Genus: Asphondylia
- Species: Asphondylia ambrosiae
Visual Description
Asphondylia ambrosiae is a gall-inducing insect. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species is frequently associated with the formation of galls on host plants, which are visible as distinct, often spherical or irregular swellings on plant tissues.[1] These galls exhibit varied textures and can appear as growths on stems or leaves, reflecting the insect's interaction with its host.[1]
Ecology
Asphondylia ambrosiae is a gall-inducing midge. It has been documented interacting with several species of the genus Ambrosia (ragweed), including Ambrosia chamissonis, Ambrosia psilostachya, and Ambrosia artemisiifolia.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / ambrosiae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia ambrosiae. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20ambrosiae. Accessed 2026-07-14.