Rhopalomyia pomum

Rhopalomyia pomum
Leaf galls caused by Rhopalomyia pomum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Supertribe:	Lasiopteridi
Tribe:	Oligotrophini
Genus:	Rhopalomyia
Species:	R. pomum
Binomial name
Rhopalomyia pomum Gagne, 1975
Synonyms [1]
Diarthronomyia artemisiae Felt, 1908

Rhopalomyia pomum, the sponge gall midge, is a species of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The midges form leaf galls on Great Basin sagebrush ( Artemisia tridentata ). ^[5]

References

1. "Rhopalomyia pomum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
2. "Rhopalomyia pomum species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
3. "Rhopalomyia pomum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
4. "Rhopalomyia pomum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
5. Russo, Ron (2006). Field Guide to the Plant Galls of California and Other Western States. University of California Press. ISBN   978-0520248861.

Further reading

• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 28, 2018.
• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2014). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (PDF) (Report). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 18, 2014.