''Ampelomyia'' is a genus of
gall midges in the tribe
Asphondyliini
Asphondyliini is a tribe of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are about six genera and at least 100 described species in Asphondyliini.
Genera
* '' Ampelomyia''
* '' Asphondylia''
* '' Bruggmannia''
* '' Bruggmanniella''
* '' Daphne ...
. It consists of the following four species, all of which form
galls
Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...
on
grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years ago, ...
plants:
* ''
A. conicocoricis''
* ''
A. viticola''
* ''
A. vitiscoryloides''
* ''
A. vitispomum''
References
Cecidomyiinae
Cecidomyiidae genera
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Insects described in 2019
Taxa named by Ayman Khamis Elsayed
Taxa named by Makoto Tokuda
Gall-inducing insects