Creosote Apex Gall Midge

Asphondylia apicata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae

Creosote gall midges are gall-inducing flies in the Asphondylia auripila group . This group consists of 15 closely related species of flies which inhabit creosote bush (Larrea tridentata). They have partitioned the plant ecologically with different gall midge species inhabiting the leaves, stems, buds, and flowers of creosote bush.

Distribution

Creosote Apex Gall Midge — (c) Rachel Stringham, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 10

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Rachel Stringham, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionCreosote gall midge, Wikipedia contributors

Creosote Apex Gall Midge

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