Asphondylia diervillae
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 diervillae
Visual Description
Asphondylia diervillae is a gall midge within the family Cecidomyiidae. Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset show the typical morphology of the genus, characterized by a slender body form and long, delicate legs and antennae, consistent with other members of the tribe Asphondyliini.[1]
Ecology and Interactions
Asphondylia diervillae is known to interact with plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. Specifically, it has been recorded in association with Diervilla lonicera and Weigela coraeensis.[2] Like many members of the genus Asphondylia, it is likely a gall-inducing species, though specific details regarding its gall morphology and life cycle remain less documented than those of related species such as A. itoi.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / diervillae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia diervillae. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20diervillae. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Nami Uechi; Junichi Yukawa. Description of Asphondylia itoi sp.n.(Diptera : Cecidomyiidae) Inducing Fruit Galls on Distylium racemosum (Hamameelidaceae) in Japan. ESAKIA. 2004. https://doi.org/10.5109/2680.