[agapanthus gall midge]
(Agapanthus gall midge)

Interactions where [agapanthus gall midge] is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva feeds within deformed, patchily brownish flower bud UK/IrelandRestricted Agapanthus praecox African Lily Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae Agapanthus gall midge, RHS
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Cecidomyiidae/agapanthus gall midge/agapanthus gall midgeAgapanthus gall midgelarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Agapanthus praecox/Agapanthus praecoxAfrican lilydeformed, patchily brownishflower budSole

Author & YearTitleSource
RHSAgapanthus gall midgewww.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=901

[agapanthus gall midge] (Agapanthus gall midge) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

[agapanthus gall midge] (Agapanthus gall midge) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[agapanthus gall midge] (Agapanthus gall midge)
FamilyCECIDOMYIIDAE (wood, gall, rust and aphid midges)
SuperfamilySCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges)
InfraorderBibionomorpha (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
RHS Agapanthus gall midge www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=901

[agapanthus gall midge] (Agapanthus gall midge) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to [agapanthus gall midge] (Agapanthus gall midge):

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