Rhopalomyia clarkei

Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rhopalomyia
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: hairy, leafy
Abundance: frequent
Shape: conical
Season: Summer, Fall
Related:
Alignment: erect, drooping, supine, leaning
Walls: thin
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, on leaf veins, stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Revision of the goldenrod-galling Rhopalomyia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in North America

The galls are small, conical and single-chambered, usually occurring on the lower side of leaves but occasionally on the upper side of leaves and on stems ... When on leaves, the gall is always attached to either a major or minor vein ... Each gall contains a single white larva. Galls on S. rugosa are 2.5–6.0 mm long and 0.7–1.2 mm wide at widest part, tapering toward apex, green to yellowish green, and covered by short, whitish hairs. Very young galls are sometimes accompanied by a tuft of hair at their base, almost as long as the gall itself.

- Netta Dorchin, Miles V. McEvoy, Todd A. Dowling, Warren G. Abrahamson, Joseph G. Moore: (2009) Revision of the goldenrod-galling Rhopalomyia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in North America©


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