''Asteromyia'' is a genus of

gall midge Cecidomyiidae is a family of diptera, flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls. Cecidomyiidae are very fragile small in ...

s in the family

Cecidomyiidae Cecidomyiidae is a family of diptera, flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls. Cecidomyiidae are very fragile small in ...

. There are about nine described species in ''Asteromyia''.

Species

These nine species belong to the genus ''Asteromyia'': * '' Asteromyia carbonifera'' (Osten Sacken, 1862) * '' Asteromyia chrysothamni'' Felt, 1918 * '' Asteromyia clarkei'' (Felt, 1909) * ''

Asteromyia euthamiae ''Asteromyia euthamiae'' is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. It was described as a new species in 1968 by the entomologist Raymond Gagné. It is widely distributed in northern North America, where it causes galls on ''Euthami ...

'' Gagne, 1968 * '' Asteromyia gutierreziae'' Felt, 1916 * '' Asteromyia laeviana'' (Felt, 1907) * '' Asteromyia modesta'' (Felt, 1907) * '' Asteromyia tumifica'' (Beutenmuller, 1907) * '' Asteromyia urostigmatis'' (Tavares, 1917)

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