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Rabdophaga saliciperda

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Rabdophaga saliciperda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Rabdophaga
Species:
R. saliciperda
Binomial name
Rabdophaga saliciperda
(Dufour, 1841)
Synonyms

Dasineura saliciperda
Helicomyia saliciperda

Rabdophaga saliciperda is a species of gall midges which forms galls on willows (Salix species). It was first described by Léon Jean Marie Dufour in 1841.

Description

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The woody, irregular swellings are on the twigs of willows with the larval chambers just below the bark. Larvae are in individual chambers and are described as yellowish-orange, or greenish yellow to white or reddish depending on the authority. Larvae prepare emergence windows before pupating.[1][2] Galls have been recorded on Salix alba, S. aurita, S. aurita x cinerea, S. cinerea subsp. oleifolia, S. caprea, Salix × fragilis and S. repens.[2]

Distribution

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Has been recorded from Europe, Japan and Russia.[3]

Inquilines

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The inquiline Lestodiplosis gammae has also been found in this gall and the gall of R. salicis.[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978-185153-284-1.
  2. ^ a b c Ellis, W N. "Rabdophaga saliciperda". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  3. ^ "shot-hole gall midge (Rabdophaga saliciperda)". Plantwise Knowledge Bank. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. ^ Ellis, W N. "Rabdophaga salicis (Schrank, 1803)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 2 January 2018.