Rhopalomyia e-farinosa-leaf-gall-midge
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rhopalomyia
Hosts: Encelia farinosa
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: pubescent, hairy
Abundance:
Shape: conical, globular, sphere
Season: Spring, Winter
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: petiole, upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins, flower
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Leaf Gall Midge
Synonymy: 
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 of the Western United States
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Leaf Gall Midge
Rhopalomyia sp.
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Galls can show on both leaf surfaces but often appear mostly on one side. The bottom end of each gall has a hair-lined depression in the center with a toothed margin.
Host:
Encelia farinosa
- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value e-farinosa-leaf-gall-midge on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
