species 671 observations

Rhopalomyia chrysothamni

Field notes

Rhopalomyia chrysothamni is a species of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. The midge causes very small, conical-tubular stem galls on rubber rabbitbrush [Ericameria nauseosa].

Supported by All

27 native plants
support it in the US

Host plants Plants it lives on or in Rubber Rabbitbrush, Yellow Rabbitbrush, Narrowleaf Goldenbush, California Goldenbush 27

Range

United States

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