Rhopalomyia floccosa

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Family: Cecidomyiidae (Midge) | Genus: Rhopalomyia

Hosts: Artemisia californica

Detachable: Integral

Color: white

Texture: woolly, hairy

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Location: bud, upper leaf

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Cells: monothalamous

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Synonymy (1)

Name	Type	Notes
Diarthronomyia floccosa	scientific	junior synonym

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Photographed in California in January.

Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.

Further Information (3)

Little known midge galls of certain composites - E.P. Felt (1917) [Link]

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Gallformers ID Notes - Gallformers Contributors (2026) [Link]

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Biology and taxonomy of the Rhopalomyia Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of Artemisia tridentata Nuttall (Compositae) in Idaho - Robert G. Jones, Raymond J. Gagné, William F. Barr (1983) [Link]