Asphondylia florea
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 florea
Visual Description
Asphondylia florea is a small midge, typical of the family Cecidomyiidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the adult form possesses a slender body, characteristic of many gall midges.[1] The body is often brownish or greyish in coloration, which may provide camouflage against its host plant. The wings are relatively long and narrow, with a reduced venation pattern typical of the genus Asphondylia.
Ecology and Host Associations
Asphondylia florea, commonly known as the Creosote Bush Flower Gall Midge, is known to interact with the creosote bush, Larrea tridentata.[2][3] It is a gall-inducing insect, meaning its larvae induce the formation of galls on the flowers of its host plant.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / florea constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia florea Gagné, 1990. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592822. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 Asphondylia florea. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20florea. Accessed 2026-07-14.