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Contarinia zauschneriae
North American gall-inducing insect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1][2] The galls are typically 25 millimeters high and about 15 millimeters around.[2] 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.[2] The type species was collected by Ephraim Felt in the Puente Hills, near Whittier, California, in 1910.[3]
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