Unknown r-hirta-leafy-flower-heads
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Unknown
Hosts: Rudbeckia hirta
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Lestodiplosis rudbeckiae
BeutenmĂźller
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New species of gall-producing cecidomyidae
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Cecidomyia rudbeckiae sp. nov.
Gall. This is a deformation and enlargement of the flowerlets of the cone-flower (Rudbeckia hirta), sometimes deforming all the flowers in the cone. The enlargements are in form of leaflets which are usually greenish in color or are tinged with brown or reddish.
Habitat: NC
The fly emerges in August.
â- William Beutenmuller: (1907) New species of gall-producing cecidomyidaeŠ
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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 r-hirta-leafy-flower-heads on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
