Maryland Biodiversity Project - Downy Flower Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia anthophila)

Downy Flower Gall Midge Rhopalomyia anthophila Osten Sacken, 1869

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Diptera > Family Cecidomyiidae > Genus Rhopalomyia Downy Flower Gall Midge - Rhopalomyia anthophila - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/20746

Relationships:

Forms fuzzy urn-shaped galls on the inflorescence of goldenrods.

Records:

There are 2 records in the project database.

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Galls formed by Downy Flower Gall Midge in Garrett Co., Maryland (9/6/2020). (Photo ID: 223815 - Psn: 100)

Galls formed by Downy Flower Gall Midge in Garrett Co., Maryland (9/6/2020). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Galls formed by Downy Flower Gall Midge in Garrett Co., Maryland (9/6/2020). (Photo ID: 223816 - Psn: 100)

Galls formed by Downy Flower Gall Midge in Garrett Co., Maryland (9/6/2020). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Downy Flower Gall Midge in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/18/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 452629 - Psn: 155)

Downy Flower Gall Midge in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/18/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

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