Lasioptera ephedrae explained

Lasioptera ephedrae is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. It forms galls on Ephedra trifurca stems.^[1]

Further reading

• Book: A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition. 2017. Gagné . Raymond J.. Jaschhof . Mathias. Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.
• A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World. 2014. Gagné . Raymond J.. Jaschhof . Mathias. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA.

Notes and References

1. Herman . R. Peter . Bynum . Holly G. . Alexander . Anthony B. . Interaction between the Black Yeast Aureobasidium pullulans and the Gall Midge Lasioptera ephedricola in Gall Formation on the Desert Shrub Ephedra trifurca . Ecography . 1993 . 16 . 3 . 261–268 . 5 September 2023 . 0906-7590.