Asphondylia enceliae
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 enceliae
Visual Description
Asphondylia enceliae is a gall midge known for inducing galls on its host plants. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset show that these galls can appear as distinct, roughly spherical or globular structures on the plant tissue, often with a textured or slightly irregular surface.[1] These galls may exhibit a light, sometimes fuzzy or pubescent texture, and can be found on stems or buds of the host plant.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Asphondylia enceliae is a gall-inducing insect. It has been documented to interact with plants in the genus Encelia, specifically Encelia farinosa.[2] The species was described by E.P. Felt in 1912.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / enceliae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia enceliae. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20enceliae. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia enceliae Felt, 1912. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592586. Accessed 2026-07-14.