Asteromyia gutierreziae
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 gutierreziae
Visual Description
Asteromyia gutierreziae is a gall-inducing midge. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species is commonly associated with the formation of distinct, often rounded or irregular, gall structures on the stems of its host plants.[1] These galls appear as localized swellings on the plant tissue, which may vary in texture and color depending on the stage of development and the specific host plant.[1]
General Information
Asteromyia gutierreziae is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. It was described by Ephraim Porter Felt in 1916.[2] The species is sometimes referred to by the common name "matchweed stem gout".
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Asteromyia / gutierreziae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asteromyia gutierreziae Felt, 1916. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1596003. Accessed 2026-07-14.