Asphondylia ceanothi
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 ceanothi
Visual Description
Asphondylia ceanothi, commonly known as the Ceanothus Bud Gall Midge, is a small fly belonging to the family Cecidomyiidae.[2] Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the adult midge exhibits a slender, delicate body typical of gall midges, with long, thin legs and elongated antennae.[1] The wings are generally clear and membranous, often held folded over the abdomen when at rest.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Asphondylia ceanothi is a gall-inducing insect.[3] It is known to interact with various species of Ceanothus, including Ceanothus pendletonensis, Ceanothus tomentosus, and Ceanothus impressus, where it induces the formation of galls.[4] The species was described by Ephraim Porter Felt in 1908.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / ceanothi constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Asphondylia ceanothi Felt, 1908. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592670. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia ceanothi. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphondylia_ceanothi. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia ceanothi. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20ceanothi. Accessed 2026-07-14.