Taxodiomyia cupressiananassa (Osten Sacken, 1878) is a animal in the Cecidomyiidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Taxodiomyia cupressiananassa (Osten Sacken, 1878)

The cypress twig gall midge, Taxodiomyia cupressiananassa, is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae.

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Taxodiomyia

Order

Diptera

Class

Insecta

About Taxodiomyia cupressiananassa (Osten Sacken, 1878)

Taxodiomyia cupressiananassa, which was first described by Osten Sacken in 1878, is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. Its common name is the cypress twig gall midge.

Photo: (c) G. L. Dearman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by G. L. Dearman · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Diptera › Cecidomyiidae › Taxodiomyia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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