Asteromyia carbonifera
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Cecidomyiidae
- Genus: Asteromyia
- Species: Asteromyia carbonifera
Visual Description
Asteromyia carbonifera, commonly known as the Carbonifera goldenrod gall midge, is a gall-inducing insect. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species is frequently associated with galls on goldenrod (Solidago spp.) plants.[1] The galls typically appear as distinct, often darkened or carbon-like, structures on the leaves of the host plant. These structures are the result of the midge's interaction with the plant tissue.[2]
Biology and Ecology
Asteromyia carbonifera was described by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken in 1862.[3] As a member of the family Cecidomyiidae, it is a gall midge, and its larvae induce the formation of galls on various species of goldenrod (Solidago), including Solidago mollis. The species is recognized as an accepted taxon within the genus Asteromyia.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asteromyia / carbonifera constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asteromyia carbonifera. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asteromyia%20carbonifera. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 Asteromyia carbonifera (Osten Sacken, 1862). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1595990. Accessed 2026-07-14.