genus

Rhopalomyia

Rhopalomyia

Field notes

Rhopalomyia is a genus of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are at least 267 described species in Rhopalomyia. Most species in this genus induce galls on plants in the Asteraceae. This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Rhopalomyia was first established by Ewald Heinrich Rübsaamen in 1892.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native Rhopalomyia All

Native to the US, by observations.