Asteromyia tumifica

Asteromyia tumifica

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae

Asteromyia tumifica is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. This fly causes blister galls on green stems at the base of goldenrod stems. It has a fungal symbiont responsible for forming a black, hard cast around full-grown larvae.

Distribution

Loading map…

Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Elizabeth Axley, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionAsteromyia tumifica, Wikipedia contributors

Asteromyia tumifica

More from the same family

ocellate gall midge

Grape Tube Gall Midge

Grape Filbert Gall

Ampelomyia vitispomum

Asphondylia antennariae

Asphondylia diervillae

Sunflower Purse Gall Midge

Nun Midge