Asteromyia carbonifera (Osten Sacken, 1862)
Asteromyia carbonifera: https://www.marylandbiodiversity.org/species/15899
Synonyms
Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge 
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"These Goldenrod (Solidago sp.) leaf galls are caused by a fly (Cecidomyiidae: Asteromyia carbonifera). These flies also carry a symbiotic fungus (Botryosphaeria dothidea = Sclerotium asteris) with them. The Gall Midges disperse the fungus and the fungus aids in keeping away parasitoids that would attack the developing Gall Midge larvae. In the [top] photo the lower two inserts are the same old gall. The one on the right has had the surface peeled back to expose the black fungus underneath. This wearing off of the upper surface would occur naturally - but I was not that patient so I used my knife to speed the process. When one observes 'tar-spots' on the leaves of Golden Rod it is all that is left of the gall – only the black fungus remains." (R. Orr, pers. comm.)

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Forms green to purplish leaf blisters in Conyza, Erigeron, Grindelia, and Solidago (BugGuide).

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Asteromyia carbonifera
Larva
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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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