Asphondylia anthocercidis
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 anthocercidis
Ecology
Asphondylia anthocercidis is a gall-inducing midge. It has been documented to feed on Anthocercis littorea (Solanaceae).[2] It is also known to be a host for the parasitoid wasp Sigmophora otys.[2]
Visual Description
The species Asphondylia anthocercidis is a member of the family Cecidomyiidae, commonly known as gall midges. While specific morphological details are difficult to resolve from the available dataset imagery, members of the genus Asphondylia are generally characterized by their delicate, fly-like appearance, typically with long, slender legs and antennae.[1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / anthocercidis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Asphondylia anthocercidis. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20anthocercidis. Accessed 2026-07-14.