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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Dithrycini » Eurosta » Goldenrod Gall Fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

Species Eurosta solidaginis - Goldenrod Gall Fly

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Goldenrod Gall Fly ? - Eurosta solidaginis - male

Eurosta solidaginis? - Eurosta solidaginis

Strange goldenrod gall - Eurosta solidaginis

Tephritidae, Goldenrod Gall Fly, 2 small galls - Eurosta solidaginis

Goldenrod Gall Fly - Eurosta solidaginis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Tephritoidea

Family Tephritidae (Fruit Flies)

Subfamily Tephritinae

Tribe Dithrycini

Genus Eurosta

Species solidaginis (Goldenrod Gall Fly)

Other Common Names

Goldenrod Spherical Gall Fly, Tephritid Fly

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Acinia solidaginis Fitch, 1855

=Tephritis asteris Harris, 1841

=Ortalis nuphera Harris, 1835

Explanation of Names

Eurosta solidaginis (Fitch, 1855)

Specific epithet refers to the host plant, Solidago (Goldenrod)

Numbers

2 subspecies: one eastern (nominate) and one western (E. s. fascipennis)(1)

Size

7-9 mm

Identification

Galls distinctive

Range

Much of North America, from Northwest Territory south to British Columbia, Kansas, Carolinas.

Season

Apr-May

Life Cycle

Larvae form round galls on the stem of certain Solidago spp., feed there, and pupate in early spring; adults emerge in April-May(2)

Remarks

Some parasitoids listed at(3)

See Also

Goldenrod Elliptical-Gall Moth: similar gall, same host:

Internet References

Wikipedia

Encyclopedia of Life - EoL

article on goldenrod galls by Bill Hilton

University of Wisconsin Extension

Works Cited

1.	Handbook of the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America North of Mexico Richard H. Foote, P. L. Blanc, Allen L. Norrbom. 1993. Cornell University Press (Comstock Publishing).

2.	Guide to Observing Insect Lives Donald W. Stokes. 1983. Little, Brown, and Company.

3.	From goldenrod round galls

Contributed by Cotinis on 28 January, 2005 - 11:00pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, marcie oconnor, Spencer_pote
Last updated 6 April, 2024 - 7:56am

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