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Contarinia zauschneriae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Supertribe:	Cecidomyiidi
Tribe:	Cecidomyiini
Genus:	Contarinia
Species:	C. zauschneriae
Binomial name
Contarinia zauschneriae (Felt, 1912)
Synonyms
Thecodiplosis zauschneriae

Contarinia zauschneriae, also known as the California fuchsia gall midge, is a species of gall midge that induces roselle-form bud galls on Epilobium canum, a flowering plant of western North America. The galls are typically 25 millimeters high and about 15 millimeters around. The coloration roughly mimics that of a stereotypical red rosebud, with red on the upper half where the petals would be and green-yellow at the base where the leaflets would be. The type species was collected by Ephraim Felt in the Puente Hills, near Whittier, California, in 1910.

References

1. "Contarinia zauschneriae (California Fuchsia Gall Midge)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
2. ^ Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 231. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. OCLC 1239984577. S2CID 238148746.
3. "The Gall Midges of California" (PDF). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. 2 (2). University of California Press: 143. 1953. Retrieved 2023-11-09 – via essig.berkeley.edu.

External links

• gallformers.org - Contarinia zauschneriae

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