Asphondylia helianthiglobulus Osten Sacken, 1878 is a animal in the Cecidomyiidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Asphondylia helianthiglobulus Osten Sacken, 1878
Asphondylia helianthiglobulus is a gall midge whose larvae induce stem galls on multiple sunflower species in eastern North America.
Asphondylia helianthiglobulus is a gall midge species that belongs to the family Cecidomyiidae. Larvae of this species trigger the formation of galls on the stems of multiple sunflower species. These galls develop on Helianthus giganteus, H. grosseserratus, and H. maximiliani, and these host plants are found in eastern North America.
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Contarinia negundinis (Gillette, 1890)
Paradiplosis tumifex Gagné, 1978
Caryomyia sanguinolenta (Osten Sacken, 1862)
Neolasioptera vernoniae (Beutenmüller, 1907)
Dasineura urticae (Perris, 1840)
Caryomyia echinata Gagné, 2008
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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