goldenrod bunch gall midge

(Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

Conservation Status
goldenrod bunch gall midge
 
  IUCN Red List

not listed

 
  NatureServe

not listed

 
  Minnesota

not listed

 
           
           
           
 
Description
 
 

 

 
     
 

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Similar Species

 
     
     
 
Habitat
 
 

Wherever the host species are found

 
     
 
Biology
 
 

Season

 
 

 

 
     
 

Behavior

 
 

 

 
     
 

Life Cycle

 
 

 

 
     
 

Larva Hosts

 
 

late goldenrod
shorthair goldenrod
tall goldenrod

 
     
 

Adult Food

 
 

 

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

7, 29, 30, 82, 83.

 
  7/21/2023      
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

Common

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
 

Order

Diptera (flies)  
 

Suborder

Nematocera (long-horned flies)  
 

Infraorder

Bibionomorpha (gnats and allies)  
 

Superfamily

Sciaroidea (fungus gnats and gall midges)  
 

Family

Cecidomyiidae (gall forest midges)  
 

Subfamily

Cecidomyiinae (gall midges)  
  Supertribe Lasiopteridi  
 

Tribe

Oligotrophini  
 

Genus

Rhopalomyia  
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Cecidomyia solidaginis

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

goldenrod bunch gall midge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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  Helen Corona
7/20/2023

Location: La Crosse, WI

 
  Cherie
7/25/2016

Location: Chippewa Falls, WI

It took a couple weeks for me to find out what this was. The UW extension office Chippewa Falls gave me the answer.

 
           
 
MinnesotaSeasons.com Sightings
 
 

Badoura Jack Pine Woodland SNA

Baker Park Reserve

Belgium Prairie

Big Woods Heritage Forest WMA

Blaine Preserve SNA

Blanket Flower Prairie SNA

Blazing Star Prairie Addition Preserve, South Unit

Blue Mounds State Park

Brownsville Bluff SNA

Buffalo River State Park

Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center

Cedar Mountain SNA

Cedar Rock SNA

Charles A. Lindbergh State Park

Cherry Grove Blind Valley SNA

Cleary Lake Regional Park

Clifton E. French Regional Park

Cottonwood River Prairie SNA

Crosby Farm Regional Park

Crow Wing State Park

Crow-Hassan Park Reserve

Des Moines River SNA

Dodge Nature Center

Edward Velishek Memorial WMA

Falls Creek SNA

Flandrau State Park

Foxhome Prairie

Frontenac State Park

Glacial Lakes State Park

Glynn Prairie SNA

Gneiss Outcrops SNA

Greenleaf Lake SRA

Grey Cloud Dunes SNA

Hastings Sand Coulee SNA

Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie

Holthe Prairie SNA

Hyland Lake Park Reserve

Iron Horse Prairie SNA

John Murtaugh Memorial WMA

John Peter Hoffman Spring Brook Valley WMA

Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA

Kasota Prairie SNA

Kettledrummer Prairie

Kilen Woods State Park

Lake Carlos State Park

Lake Elmo Park Reserve

Lake Louise State Park

Lake Maria State Park

Leif Mountain

Lost Valley Prairie SNA

Malmberg Prairie SNA

Margherita Preserve-Audubon Prairie

McKnight Prairie

Mille Lacs Kathio State Park

Minneopa State Park

Minnesota Valley NWR, Rapids Lake Unit

Mississippi River County Park

Mound Spring Prairie SNA, North Unit

Myre-Big Island State Park

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Hoffman Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Pavia Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Rengstorf Unit

Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Spieker Unit

Old Mill State Park

Ordway Prairie

Oronoco Prairie SNA

Osmundson Prairie SNA

Oxbow Park & Zollman Zoo

Pembina Trail Preserve SNA, Crookston Prairie Unit

Pembina Trail Preserve SNA, Pembina Trail Unit

Phelps Lake WMA

Pilot Knob

Pin Oak Prairie SNA

Plover Prairie, East Unit

Prairie Coteau SNA

Prairie Creek WMA, Koester Prairie Unit

Prairie Smoke Dunes SNA

Racine Prairie SNA

Regal Meadow

Rice Lake State Park

Ritter Farm Park

River Terrace Prairie SNA

Robert Ney Memorial Park Reserve

Rock Ridge Prairie SNA

Rockville County Park

Roscoe Prairie SNA

St. Croix Savanna SNA

Sandpiper Prairie SNA

Savage Fen SNA

Sedan Brook SNA

Seminary Fen SNA

Seven Sisters Prairie

Sheepberry Fen

Shooting Star Prairie SNA

Sibley State Park

Split Rock Creek State Park

Spring Creek Prairie SNA

Spring Lake Regional Park

Spring Prairie Preserve

Springbrook Nature Center

Swedes Forest SNA

Thompson County Park

Thorson Prairie WMA

Townsend Woods SNA

Tribute WMA

Twin Valley Prairie Addition

Twin Valley Prairie SNA

Tympanuchus Prairie

Upper Sioux Agency State Park

Vermillion Highlands Research Recreation and WMA

Vermillion River WMA

Whitetail Woods Regional Park

Whitewater State Park

Wild Indigo SNA

Wild River State Park

William O’Brien State Park

Wood-Rill SNA

Woodbury WMA

Woodland Trails Park

Zimmerman Prairie

Zumbro Falls Woods SNA

 

 

 

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