Asteromyia carbonifera

Asteromyia carbonifera is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae.[1][2][3][4] It creates galls on Solidago plants. Females can lay up to 300 eggs at a time and often collect conidia of the fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea, which is deposited on the plant alongside the eggs. The larvae grow within the gall that the fungus creates, a form of mutualism.[5]

Asteromyia carbonifera
Larva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Asteromyia
Species:
A. carbonifera
Binomial name
Asteromyia carbonifera
(Osten Sacken, 1862)
Synonyms[1]
  • Baldratia flavoanulata Felt, 1908
  • Baldratia flavoscuta Felt, 1908
  • Baldratia socialis Felt, 1908
  • Baldratia squarrosae Felt, 1908
  • Cecidomyia carbonifera Osten Sacken, 1862
  • Choristoneura abnormis Felt, 1907
  • Choristoneura albomaculata Felt, 1907
  • Choristoneura convoluta Felt, 1907
  • Choristoneura flavolunata Felt, 1907
  • Lasioptera rosea Felt, 1907
  • Lasioptera rubra Felt, 1907
  • Lasioptera tuberculata Felt, 1907

References
  1. "Asteromyia carbonifera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. "Asteromyia carbonifera species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. "Asteromyia carbonifera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. "Asteromyia carbonifera Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. Heath, Jeremy J.; Stireman, John O. (2 September 2010). "Dissecting the association between a gall midge, Asteromyia carbonifera, and its symbiotic fungus, Botryosphaeria dothidea: Asteromyia-fungus association". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 137 (1): 36–49. doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01040.x. S2CID 82302908. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

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