Ampelomyia vitispomum

Ampelomyia vitispomum is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. It induces galls on grape plants in eastern North America.[1][2] It was first described by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken in 1878.[1]

Ampelomyia vitispomum
Ampelomyia vitispomum gall
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Ampelomyia
Species:
A. vitispomum
Binomial name
Ampelomyia vitispomum
(Osten Sacken, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Cecidomyia vitispomum Osten Sacken, 1878
  • Schizomyia pomum Felt, 1908

References

  1. R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata Q109561625.
  2. Ayman Khamis Elsayed; Nami Uechi; Junichi Yukawa; Makoto Tokuda (14 February 2019). "Ampelomyia, a new genus of Schizomyiina (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) associated with Vitis (Vitaceae) in the Palaearctic and Nearctic regions, with description of a new species from Japan". The Canadian Entomologist. 151 (02): 149–162. doi:10.4039/TCE.2018.69. ISSN 0008-347X. Wikidata Q104458634.


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