Rhopalomyia floccosa
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rhopalomyia
Hosts: Artemisia californica
Detachable: integral
Color: white
Texture: woolly, hairy
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Location: bud, upper leaf
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
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Synonymy: Pending...
Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Little known midge galls of certain composites
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Irregular, lobate, woolly masses, apparently arising from lateral buds and frequently confluent, the individual galls with a diatmeter of about 4 mm.
”- E.P. Felt: (1917) Little known midge galls of certain composites©
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