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Genus Asteromyia

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Insect, fungus or lichen? - Asteromyia carbonifera Asteromyia modesta? - Asteromyia modesta Asteromyia carbonifera? - Asteromyia carbonifera Asteromyia modesta Gall Midge - Asteromyia carbonifera Pelham road leaf miner on Baccharis halimifolia D1459 2019 3 - Asteromyia Cecidomyiidae, stem gallX - Asteromyia tumifica Cecidomyiidae, Solidago rigida - Asteromyia

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Superfamily Sciaroidea (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
Family Cecidomyiidae (Gall Midges and Wood Midges)
Subfamily Cecidomyiinae (Gall Midges)
Supertribe Lasiopteridi
Tribe Alycaulini
Genus Asteromyia

Numbers

Nine species, all found in North America

Food

Asteraceae: Astereae (composites related to Aster)

Remarks

"Except for A. tumifica (Beutenmüller), which occurs at the base of goldenrod stems, all [species] are responsible for blister galls on leaves and green stems. Most have a fungal symbiont responseible for forming a black, hard cast around full-grown larvae."(1)

Internet References

Evolutionary diversification of the genus Asteromyia

Works Cited

1.The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America
Raymond J. Gagné. 1989. Cornell University Press.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 3 September, 2009 - 2:47pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 16 December, 2012 - 11:52am

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