Rhopalomyia californica
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rhopalomyia
Detachable: integral
Color: pink, red, green, purple
Texture: stiff, bumpy, leafy, succulent
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Season: Summer, Spring, Fall, Winter
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick, spongy
Location: bud
Form:
Cells: polythalamous
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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.
Plant Galls and Gall Makers
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Rhopalomyia californica Felt
Baccharis pilularis
Flower bud or leaf gall, single or clustered, lobulate, greenish or reddish-brown, diameter 1/4 to 3/4 inch, midge, summer
Rhopalomyia sp. [Unclear how this differs from R californica]
Lobulate bud gall, midge, summer
”- EP Felt: (1940) Plant Galls and Gall Makers©
Reference: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89041294323&view=2up&seq=339&size=125&q1=baccharis
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