Rhodites
A genus of Gall-flies (Cynipidae), all the known species of which, viz., six European and four American, make galls on Roses, but on no other plants, with the exception of R. radicum, one of the American forms, which is said also to gall the roots of Raspberries, and of Blackberries or Brambles. R. Rosae produces the well-known Bedeguar Gall on various kinds of Roses; R. spinosissimae makes galls of very varied form on twigs, leaves, and fruits of Rosa spinosissima and R. canina; R. Eglanteriae makes smooth, round galls, like small peas, on leaves of Rosa canina and R. rubiginosa; R. centifoliae makes similar galls on Rosa centifolia; R. rosarum causes the growth of small, round leaf-galls, each decked with a few long prickles, on various kinds of Roses; and R. Mayri forms galls on leaves and branches of Rosa canina. All the above are natives of Europe. For further information. see Rose-galls.