Asteromyia carbonifera

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]

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  Gall on goldenrod
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  Galls on Solidago altissima

Asteromyia carbonifera
Larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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