Asphondylia calycotomae
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 calycotomae
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Asphondylia calycotomae exhibits the characteristic morphology of a gall midge.[1] The adult insects are small, delicate flies with slender bodies and long, thin legs. They typically possess long, multi-segmented antennae and wings that are relatively broad in proportion to their body size, often with reduced venation characteristic of the family Cecidomyiidae.[1]
Ecology and Interactions
Asphondylia calycotomae is a gall-inducing midge. It has been documented to interact with plants in the genus Calicotome, specifically Calicotome villosa and Calicotome spinosa.[2] As a member of the family Cecidomyiidae, it is associated with the formation of galls on its host plants, which serve as both a food source and a protective environment for the developing larvae.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / calycotomae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia calycotomae. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20calycotomae. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia calycotomae Kieffer, 1912. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592790. Accessed 2026-07-14.