Native American Plant Hosts of Asphondylia websteri (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Authors

Raymond J. Gagne, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, BBII, USDA-ARS
William M. Woods, Western Australia Department of Agriculture, 3 Jarrah Road West, South Perth 6151, Western Australia, Australia

Date of this Version

1988

Comments

Published in Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 81(3): 447-448 (1988).

Abstract

Asphondylia websteri Felt is reported for the first time from native American hosts, Parkinsonia and jojoba. Previously, this apparently native American gall midge was known only from alfalfa and guar, two species exotic to North America. Such a wide disparity of hosts is otherwise unknown for North American Asphondylia spp. This discovery excludes A. websteri from consideration as a biocontrol agent of Parkinsonia aculeata in Australia.