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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 » Rhopalomyia chrysothamni
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Rabbitbrush Gall - Rhopalomyia chrysothamni
Copyright © 2013 Kerry S. Matz

Rabbitbrush Gall - Rhopalomyia chrysothamni
City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake City [40.78537 -111.88168], Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
April 19, 2012
Size: 3mm (apex to mid-stem)
Found on Ericameria nauseosa. Note exuvial remnants at apex. A total of four galls were on the stem that was isolated for rearing. .
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Contributed by Kerry S. Matz on 20 January, 2013 - 8:24pm
Last updated 31 August, 2013 - 4:28pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Gall Midges and Wood Midges.
… v belov, 31 August, 2013 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

Rhopalomyia sp.
Kerry, Your gall appears in Gagne's "Plant feeding gall midges" p. 131. It looks like Rhopalomyia chrysothamni Felt.
… John Plakidas, 27 July, 2013 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Appreciate the heads up and ID direction.
… Kerry S. Matz, 30 July, 2013 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

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