Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua
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 rudbeckiaeconspicua
Visual Description
Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua is a gall-inducing insect. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species is frequently associated with the formation of galls on its host plants, which are often the most visible evidence of its presence.[1] These galls can appear as distinct, often spherical or irregular swellings on the plant tissue.[1]
Ecology and Interactions
Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua is a gall-inducing fly.[2] It has been documented as a host for certain parasitoid wasps, including Rileya americana (Eurytomidae) and species within the genus Torymus (Torymidae).[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / rudbeckiaeconspicua constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphondylia_rudbeckiaeconspicua. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia rudbeckiaeconspicua. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20rudbeckiaeconspicua. Accessed 2026-07-14.