Rhopalomyia floccosa

Rhopalomyia floccosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Genus:	Rhopalomyia
Species:	R. floccosa
Binomial name
	Rhopalomyia floccosa; (Felt, 1916)

Last updated May 05, 2025

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

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

↑ "Sagebrush Woolly Stem Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia floccosa)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
1 2 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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[inaturalist-Rhopalomyia_floccosa-1] "Sagebrush Woolly Stem Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia floccosa)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 3 May 2025.

[Russo_2021-2] 1 2 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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