- Source: Asteromyia carbonifera
Asteromyia carbonifera is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. 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.
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Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Asteromyia carbonifera
- Asteromyia
- Solidago canadensis
- List of insect galls
- Solidago caesia
- Solidago nemoralis
- Solidago arguta
- Solidago delicatula
- Solidago erecta
- Solidago mollis
