Asteromyia clarkei
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 clarkei
Visual Description
Asteromyia clarkei is a species of gall midge within the family Cecidomyiidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the adult insects are small, delicate flies typical of the family, often characterized by their slender bodies, long, thin legs, and relatively large, transparent wings with reduced venation.[1]
Ecology and Interactions
Asteromyia clarkei is known to interact with various plant species in the genus Eurybia, including Eurybia spectabilis, Eurybia macrophylla, and Eurybia divaricata.[2] As a member of the Cecidomyiidae, it is likely involved in the formation of galls on its host plants.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asteromyia / clarkei constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asteromyia clarkei. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asteromyia%20clarkei. Accessed 2026-07-14.