Rhopalomyia chrysanthemi
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rhopalomyia
Hosts: Chrysanthemum spp
Detachable: integral
Color: green
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Shape: conical
Season: Fall, Summer
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Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: between leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
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Diarthronomyia chrysanthemi
Diarthronomyia hypogaea
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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cone-shaped galls on leaves, stems, and buds...Rhopalomyia chrysanthemi (Ahlberg)
Severe infestations can cause the plants to become deformed and bear a reduced number of blooms....It arrived in North America probably as early as 1900. Hosts: Chrysanthemum spp., including cultivars. Distr.: cosmopolitan, wherever chrysanthemums are grown, although no longer common in North America
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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