Asphondylia rosetta
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 rosetta
Visual Description
Asphondylia rosetta is a gall midge species. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the adult insects exhibit typical cecidomyiid morphology, characterized by delicate, slender bodies and long, thin legs.[1] The wings are generally transparent with reduced venation, a common trait in the family.[1]
Ecology and Biology
Asphondylia rosetta, commonly known as the Creosote Cone Gall Midge, is a species of gall midge described by Gagné in 1990.[2] It is known to interact with the creosote bush, Larrea tridentata.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / rosetta constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia rosetta Gagné, 1990. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592663. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia rosetta. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20rosetta. Accessed 2026-07-14.