Asphondylia ulicis
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 ulicis
Visual Description
Asphondylia ulicis is a species of gall midge within the family Cecidomyiidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the adult insects exhibit the characteristic delicate, slender morphology typical of the family, with long, thin legs and antennae.[1] The body is generally small and fragile in appearance, often showing a muted, brownish or greyish coloration that may provide camouflage against their host plants.[1]
Ecology and Interactions
Asphondylia ulicis is known to interact with plants in the genus Ulex (gorse), including Ulex europaeus and Ulex jussiaei.[2] As a member of the Cecidomyiidae, it is associated with the formation of galls on its host plants.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asphondylia / ulicis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asphondylia ulicis. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asphondylia%20ulicis. Accessed 2026-07-14.