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.
| Rabdophaga saliciperda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Rabdophaga |
| Species: | R. saliciperda
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| Binomial name | |
| Rabdophaga saliciperda (Dufour, 1841)
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| Synonyms | |
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Dasineura saliciperda | |
Description edit
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 edit
Has been recorded from Europe, Japan and Russia.[3]
Inquilines edit
The inquiline Lestodiplosis gammae has also been found in this gall and the gall of R. salicis.[2][4]
References edit
- ^ Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978-185153-284-1.
- ^ a b c Ellis, W N. "Rabdophaga saliciperda". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "shot-hole gall midge (Rabdophaga saliciperda)". Plantwise Knowledge Bank. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ Ellis, W N. "Rabdophaga salicis (Schrank, 1803)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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