Rhopalomyia ambrosiae
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rhopalomyia
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: leafy
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Shape: globular, rosette
Season: Summer
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Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: bud
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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.
The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Green, leafy bud gall...Rhopalomyia ambrosiae Gagné
This species causes a foreshortening of the stem. The gall has green leaves growing out of its apex...Specimens from Texas are somewhat different from the type series taken on A. artemisiifolia in Florida and may be a different species. Hosts: A. artemisiifolia, A. psilostachya.
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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