Rhopalomyia astericaulis
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rhopalomyia
Hosts: Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Detachable: integral
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Alignment: integral
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Location: stem
Form: abrupt swelling
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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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In addition to the species keyed below, two others were reared from galls that were not described in adequate detail. They are Rhopalomyia astericaulis Felt, reared from an ovoid stem gall on Aster novaeangliae in Massachusetts, and Rhopalomyia asteriflorae Felt, reared from abnormally bunched or stunted heads of Aster paniculatus [syn. Symphyotrichum undulatum in POWO, but may also refer to S. lanceolatum] in New York.
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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