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californica (Beutenmueller). Wash., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Produce fairly large, spherical galls 

 on terminals of Rosa twigs; gall covered with dense, irregular filaments and 

 semi-aborted leaves. 

 Rhodites califoniiciis Beutenmueller, 1914. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 9: 88. 9, 6, gall. 

 dichlocera (Harris). Ont. to Va. w. to 111. Ecology: Produce fusiform stem galls on Rosa; galls 

 usually with prickly surface. 

 Cynips diclilocerits Harris, 1841. Rpt. Ins. Mass. Injurious to Veg., p. 399. 9,6, gall. 

 fulgens (Gillette). Conn., Ont., N. Y., N. J., W. Va., 111., Minn., S. Dak., Colo. Ecology: Produce 

 potatolike root galls on Rosa bkuula. 

 Rhodites fulgens Gillette, 1894. Canad. Ent. 26: 159. 9. 

 fusiformans fusiformans (Ashmead). Ont., 111., Nebr., Colo., Ariz. Ecology: Produce fusiform 

 or abrupt, one-sided enlargements of stems oi Rosa. 

 Rhodites fMsifoniians Ashmead, 1890. Colo. Biol. Assoc, Bui. 1: 14. 9, 6, gall. 

 fusiformans mendocinensis Kinsey. Calif. Ecology: Produce polythalamous stem galls on 

 Rosa. 

 Diplolepis fusifor)iians var. tiiendocinensis Kinsey, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 62. 9, 6, 

 gall. 

 fusiformans minuta Kinsey. Calif. Ecology: Produce small stem galls on Rosa, each gall 

 containing 4 or less cells. 

 Diplolepis fiisifoniunis var. iinnuta Kinsey, 1922. Ind. Univ. Studies 53: 61. 9, 6, gall. 

 gracilis (Ashmead). Mass., Conn., Ont., N. Y., 111., Wis., Utah. Ecology: Produce galls on under 

 side of Rosa leaves; galls single or in clusters, each one globular with flattened top. 

 Rhodites gracilis Ashmead, 1897. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 19: 135. 9, d, gall. 



ignota (Osten Sacken). Ont. to Va., w. to 111. Ecology: Produce globular, hard, many-celled galls 

 on under side of leaves of Rosa; several galls may coalesce into an irregular mass; 

 surface of gall covered with mealy , white bloom. Mealy rose gall. 

 Rhodites ignota Osten Sacken, 1863. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 2: 45, 49, 63. 9, cJ, gall. 

 Rhodites Carolina Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 133, 148. 9, gall. 

 lens Weld. Wash., Oreg., Cahf. Ecology: Produce small lens-shaped leaf galls on Rosa nutkana. 



Diplolepis lens Weld, 1952. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 102: 320. 9,6. 

 mayri (Schlechtendal). N. J., Ohio; Europe. Ecology: Produce lobed, terminal stem galls on 



Rosa rnl)igi)iosa. Introduced from Europe; first identified from New Jersey specimens 

 in 1914. 

 Rhodites mayri Schlechtendal, 1877 (1876). Jabresber. Ver. Zwickau, p. 59. 9, gall. 

 nebulosa (Bassett). Conn., Ont., N. Y., N. J., 111. Ecology: Produce small, globular galls on 

 under side of leaves of Rosa; galls with a few, weak spines. 

 Rhodites nebtilosus Bassett, 1890. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 17: 63. 9, gall. 

 neglecta (Gillette). Colo. Ecology: Produce abrupt, corky enlargements of small stems of Rosa; 

 surface of galls smooth. 

 Rhodites neglect us Gillette, 1894. Canad. Ent. 26: 158. 9,6, gall. 

 nodulosa (Beutenmueller). Mass., Md., Mich., 111. Ecology: Produce hardly perceptible 



enlargements of base of lateral branches of Rosa, branches dying beyond galled area. 

 Rhodites nodnlosns Beutenmueller, 1909. Ent. News 20: 247. 9, gall. 

 oregonensis (Beutenmueller). Oreg. Ecology: Produce galls in buds of Rosa in spring, these 

 galls greatly distorting the buds. 

 Rhodites oregone>isis Beutenmueller, 1918. Canad. Ent. 50: 305. 9, gall. 

 ostensackeni (Beutenmueller). Oreg. Ecology: Produce root galls on Rosa nutkana. 



Rhodites oste)isackeni Beutenmueller, 1918. Canad. Ent. 50: 307. 9, gall. 

 polita (Ashmead). Ariz., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Produce spherical, spiny leaf galls on Rosa 

 californica. 

 Rhodites polita Ashmead, 1890. Colo. Biol. Assoc, Bui. 1: 14. 9, 6, gall. 

 Rhodites occidentalis Beutenmueller, 1922. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 17: 45. 9, 6, gall. 

 pustulatoides (Beutenmueller). Va., Ind., Tenn., Colo., Utah, Oreg. Ecology: Produce small, 

 round or ovate galls on upper surface of Rosa leaves. 

 Rhodites pustulatoides Beutenmueller, 1914. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 9: 89. 9,6. 



