Biology:Rhopalomyia pomum

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Short description: Species of fly

Rhopalomyia pomum
Rhopalomyia pomum gall.jpg
Leaf galls caused by Rhopalomyia pomum
Scientific classification edit
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

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q13621728 entry