. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. 254 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Rhopalomyia fusiformis Felt 1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 120 (separate, p. 24) 1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 364, 365, 366 1909 N. Ottawa Nat., 22: 247, 249 The galls of this species are rather common on the narrow-leaved Solidago, S. graminifolia, in midsummer, the adults appear- ing the latter part of July. Gall. This is a peculiar ribbed, elongate structure about 6 mm long, occurring singly or in masses on the stem or the under or upper surface of the foliage. The color is usually very
. Annual report. New York State Museum; Science; Science. 254 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Rhopalomyia fusiformis Felt 1907 Felt, E. P. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. no, p. 120 (separate, p. 24) 1908 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 124, p. 364, 365, 366 1909 N. Ottawa Nat., 22: 247, 249 The galls of this species are rather common on the narrow-leaved Solidago, S. graminifolia, in midsummer, the adults appear- ing the latter part of July. Gall. This is a peculiar ribbed, elongate structure about 6 mm long, occurring singly or in masses on the stem or the under or upper surface of the foliage. The color is usually very nearly that of the stem or leaf though it may have a dark reddish tint. The gall is slightly fusiform, it being a little enlarged above the circular base and then tapering to a rather tine, frequently slightly curved tip; the surface is usually strongly ribbed. Most of the galls arise from the stem, and in one unusual case a cluster of eight or ten galls occurred at the tip of an arrested stem. See New York State Museum Bulletin 175, plate 1, figure 5, for a colored illustration. Larva. Length 3 mm, pale orange. Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae as long as the body, sparsely haired, yellowish gray; 20 segments, the fifth with a stem two-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum. Albany : University of the State of New York
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