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| Rhopalomyia floccosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Rhopalomyia |
| Species: | R. floccosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhopalomyia floccosa (Felt, 1916)
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Rhopalomyia floccosa, the sagebrush woolly stem gall midge, is a species of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. It induces galls on the host Artemisia californica, California sagebrush.[1][2]
Galls and biology
[edit]An individual gall measures 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter. Coalescing galls may be 30–40 mm (1.18–1.57 in) in length. The midge produce white, wooly, monothalamous bud galls.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sagebrush Woolly Stem Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia floccosa)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ a b Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 124. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502.
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