Asphondylia barbata
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 barbata
Visual Description
Asphondylia barbata is a species of gall midge. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species is associated with the formation of distinct, fuzzy, or hair-covered galls on its host plant.[1] These galls appear as dense, white, or light-colored tufts of hair-like structures emerging from the plant tissue, often on the leaves or buds.[1]
Ecology and Biology
Asphondylia barbata is a gall-inducing midge. It has been documented to interact with the creosote bush, Larrea tridentata, which serves as its host plant.[2] The species was described by R.J. Gagné in 1990, specifically in the context of Asphondylia species associated with Larrea tridentata in North America.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / barbata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia barbata. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20barbata. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia barbata Gagné, 1990. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592811. Accessed 2026-07-14.