Rhopalomyia floccosa (Felt, 1916) is a animal in the Cecidomyiidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Rhopalomyia floccosa (Felt, 1916)

Rhopalomyia floccosa (Felt, 1916)

Rhopalomyia floccosa is a gall midge species in Cecidomyiidae that forms galls on California sagebrush.

Family
Genus
Rhopalomyia
Order
Diptera
Class
Insecta

About Rhopalomyia floccosa (Felt, 1916)

Rhopalomyia floccosa, commonly called the sagebrush woolly stem gall midge, is a species of gall midge. It belongs to the insect family Cecidomyiidae. This species induces galls on its host plant, Artemisia californica, which is known as California sagebrush.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Diptera › Cecidomyiidae › Rhopalomyia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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