Rhopalomyia a-canescens-red-tube-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rhopalomyia
Detachable: bothi
Color: red, green
Texture: pubescent, hairy
Abundance:
Shape: conical
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Alignment: erect
Walls: thin
Location: petiole, lower leaf, leaf midrib, stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America

Rhopalomyia sp.

Elongate-conical gall on leaflet, rachis, or flower stalk
Galls are reddish and about 4 mm long.

Host: A. canescens

Distr: MN, NE, KS

- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©


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