| Asphondylia antennariae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Supertribe: | Asphondyliidi |
| Tribe: | Asphondyliini |
| Genus: | Asphondylia |
| Species: | A. antennariae |
| Binomial name | |
| Asphondylia antennariae (Wheeler, 1889) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Asphondylia antennariae is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. [1] The larvae of this species induce galls on the buds of Antennaria plantaginifolia . [1] [2] This species is known from Wisconsin and Maine in the United States, [1] though its host plant is widespread in eastern North America. [3] It was first described by American entomologist William Morton Wheeler in 1889. [1] [2]
