Ampelomyia viticola
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Cecidomyiidae
- Genus: Ampelomyia
- Species: Ampelomyia viticola
Visual Description
Ampelomyia viticola is a gall-inducing midge. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species is commonly associated with the formation of distinct, tube-like galls on the leaves of host plants, particularly Vitis species.[1] These galls are often visible as elongated, cylindrical structures protruding from the leaf surface.
Ecology and Interactions
Ampelomyia viticola is known to interact with various grape species (Vitis spp.), including Vitis mustangensis, Vitis aestivalis, and Vitis labrusca.[2] As a gall-inducing insect, it modifies the host plant tissue to create a protected environment for its larval development.[3]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Ampelomyia / viticola constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Ampelomyia viticola. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Ampelomyia%20viticola. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Ampelomyia viticola. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampelomyia_viticola. Accessed 2026-07-14.