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Asphondylia pilosa

Asphondylia pilosa

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera

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

Distribution

This image is created by user Henk Soepenberg at Waarneming.nl , a source of nature observations in the Netherlands. · CC0
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 2