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Rhopalomyia pomum
Species of fly / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Rhopalomyia pomum | |
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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] | |
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