Asphondylia foliosa
Asphondylia foliosa, commonly known as the Creosote Leafy Bud Gall Midge, is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. It was described by R. J. Gagné in 1990.
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 foliosa
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Asphondylia foliosa exhibits characteristics typical of gall-inducing midges. The adult insects are small, delicate flies with slender bodies and long, thin legs. Their wings are generally transparent or lightly patterned, and they possess long, multi-segmented antennae. The coloration is often muted, ranging from brownish to grayish, which provides camouflage on their host plants.[1]
Ecology
Asphondylia foliosa is known to interact with the creosote bush, Larrea tridentata. As a gall midge, it induces the formation of galls on its host plant, specifically affecting the leafy buds.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / foliosa constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia foliosa. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20foliosa. Accessed 2026-07-14.