Asphondylia solidaginis
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 solidaginis
Visual Description
Asphondylia solidaginis is a species of gall midge. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the adult flies exhibit the characteristic delicate, long-legged morphology typical of the family Cecidomyiidae.[1] They possess slender bodies and long, multi-segmented antennae. The wings are generally clear or lightly patterned, and the overall coloration often includes shades of brown or grey, which may provide camouflage when resting on host plants.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Asphondylia solidaginis is a gall-inducing insect.[2] It is known to interact with plants in the genus Solidago (goldenrods), such as Solidago mexicana.[3] The species was described by William Beutenmüller in 1907.[4]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / solidaginis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia solidaginis. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphondylia_solidaginis. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia solidaginis. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20solidaginis. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Asphondylia solidaginis Beutenmüller, 1907. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1592721. Accessed 2026-07-14.