''Daphnephila stenocalia'' is a species of gall midges first associated with leaf
gall
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s on
Lauraceae
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species, particularly ''
Machilus thunbergii
''Machilus thunbergii'' (syn. ''Persea thunbergii''), the Japanese bay tree, red machilus, or tabunoki, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae
Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true l ...
'' in Taiwan. Based on analysis on sequences of the
mitochondria
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cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, it has been suggested that in this genus, the stem-galling habit is a more ancestral state as opposed to the leaf-galling habit. This genus appears to have originated tropically and dispersed to Japan through Taiwan.
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Diptera of Asia
Cecidomyiinae
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