Asphondylia photiniae
| Asphondylia photiniae | |
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| Campbell, California, 2022 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Asphondylia |
| Species: | A. photiniae
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| Binomial name | |
| Asphondylia photiniae (Pritchard, 1953)
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Asphondylia photiniae, also known as the toyon fruit gall midge or toyon berry gall midge, is a species of midge that induces galls on the developing berries of the toyon bush in North America.[1][2] Galled berries stay green (when other fruit has ripened to red or gold, etc.) and look somewhat warped.[2] Each galled berry contains a single larva, which emerges in spring.[2] This midge is known from the Californias, where native Heteromeles arbutifolia grows in relative abundance.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Toyon Fruit Gall Midge (Asphondylia photiniae)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ a b c Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 323. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. OCLC 1239984577. S2CID 238148746.
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