Asphondylia lacinariae
Asphondylia lacinariae is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. It was described by entomologist Ephraim Porter Felt in 1935.[1]
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[2]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Cecidomyiidae
- Genus: Asphondylia
- Species: Asphondylia lacinariae
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Asphondylia lacinariae exhibits the characteristic delicate, slender morphology typical of many gall midges.[2] The body is elongated with long, thin legs and antennae. The wings are generally transparent or lightly veined, consistent with the Dipteran order. Due to the small size of the specimens and the nature of the photographic records, finer diagnostic structures such as specific wing venation patterns or antennal segment counts are not clearly resolvable in these images.[2]
Ecology
Asphondylia lacinariae is known to interact with plants in the genus Liatris, including Liatris glandulosa, Liatris acidota, and Liatris pycnostachya.[3] As a member of the Cecidomyiidae, it is a gall-inducing insect.[4]
Gallery
References
- ↑ Asphondylia lacinariae Felt, 1935. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592760. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / lacinariae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia lacinariae. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20lacinariae. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia lacinariae. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphondylia_lacinariae. Accessed 2026-07-14.