Asphondylia silicula
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 silicula
Visual Description
Asphondylia silicula is a gall midge, a member of the family Cecidomyiidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit the characteristic delicate, slender-bodied morphology typical of many cecidomyiids.[1] They possess long, slender legs and antennae, and their wings are typically transparent or lightly patterned, consistent with their small size.
Ecology and Biology
Asphondylia silicula, commonly known as the Creosote Silicate Gall Midge, is a species of gall midge described by Gagné in 1990.[2] This species is known to interact with the creosote bush, Larrea tridentata, which serves as its host plant.[3]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / silicula constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia silicula Gagné, 1990. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592646. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia silicula. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20silicula. Accessed 2026-07-14.