Rhopalomyia pilosa
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rhopalomyia
Hosts: Antennaria sp
Detachable:
Color: white
Texture: woolly
Abundance:
Shape: globular
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Alignment:
Walls: thin
Location: bud
Form:
Cells: polythalamous
Possible Range:i
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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.
The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Ovoid, long-woolly bud gall...Rhopalomyia pilosa Felt
Galls are white and enclose several hard, thin-shelled cavities, each with one larva. The host was only tentatively identified as an Antennaria. R. pilosa is distinct from R. antennariae, a species definitely known from Antennaria...Distr.: Northwest Territories.
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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