Asphondylia pilogerminis
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 pilogerminis
General Information
Asphondylia pilogerminis is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. It was described by Peter Kolesik in 2010.[2] The species is known to damage the flower buds and fruit of Australian Acacia (Mimosaceae) species.[2] It is sometimes referred to by the common name "Pubescent Bud Galler".[2]
Visual Description
Due to the lack of accessible high-resolution imagery, a detailed morphological description cannot be provided at this time. The species is a member of the genus Asphondylia, which are typically small, delicate flies.[1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / pilogerminis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 Asphondylia pilogerminis Kolesik, 2010. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/5980568. Accessed 2026-07-14.