Asphondylia fabalis
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 fabalis
Visual Description
Asphondylia fabalis is a species of gall midge within the family Cecidomyiidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit the characteristic delicate, slender body form typical of the family.[1] They possess long, thin legs and antennae, with wings that appear relatively broad in proportion to the body, often showing a fine, hairy texture on the wing surface.[1]
Ecology and Biology
Asphondylia fabalis was described by R.J. Gagné in 1990.[2] This species is known to interact with the creosote bush, Larrea tridentata, which serves as its host plant.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / fabalis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia fabalis Gagné, 1990. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592836. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia fabalis. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20fabalis. Accessed 2026-07-14.