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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Gall Midges and Wood Midges (Cecidomyiidae) » Gall Midges (Cecidomyiinae) » Lasiopteridi » Oligotrophini » Rhopalomyia
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fuzzy leaf galls on Artemisia serrata - Rhopalomyia
Copyright © 2014 William Watson

fuzzy leaf galls on Artemisia serrata - Rhopalomyia
Pilot Knob State Park, Forest City, Hancock County, Iowa, USA
September 21, 2012
Size: ~1 cm (estimate photo)
Leaf galls on leaves of Artemisia serrata.

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Contributed by John Pearson on 24 December, 2014 - 11:43am
Last updated 25 December, 2014 - 9:13pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Galls.
No eastern galls are known that resemble these, but all 32 Artemisia galls in (1) belong to Rhopalomyia subgenus Diarthronomyia. So these most likely are made by an undescribed species in that group.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 December, 2014 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting!
Now MJ Hatfield and I are wondering if this one might also be in this group:
… John Pearson, 29 December, 2014 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, looks the same
I think I took "sage" to mean Salvia, though looking at the photo now I can clearly see that it isn't a mint.
… Charley Eiseman, 29 December, 2014 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

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