Species Rhopalomyia californica - Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge

Classification

Gall - Midge (Fly) - Rhopalomyia californica

Gall - Midge (Fly) - Rhopalomyia californica - Rhopalomyia californica

Gall on coyote brush (Baccharis pilularis) - Rhopalomyia californica

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Bibionomorpha

Family Cecidomyiidae (Gall Midges)

Genus Rhopalomyia

Species californica (Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge)

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 16 September, 2008 - 7:05pm

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