''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''.
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Species
These nine species belong to the genus ''Asteromyia'':
* '' Asteromyia carbonifera'' (Osten Sacken, 1862)
* '' Asteromyia chrysothamni'' Felt, 1918
* '' Asteromyia clarkei'' (Felt, 1909)
* '' Asteromyia euthamiae'' 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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Cecidomyiinae
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Cecidomyiidae genera
Taxa named by Ephraim Porter Felt
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