Rabdophaga salicisbatatus, also known as the potato-gall midge or the tuber-gall midge, is a species of midge that induces stem galls on North American plants in the Willow family.[1][2]
Rabdophaga salicisbatatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Genus: | Rabdophaga |
Species: | R. salicisbatatus
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Binomial name | |
Rabdophaga salicisbatatus (Osten Sacken, 1878)
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Synonyms | |
Rabdophaga salicisbatatas |
References
edit- ^ "Rabdophaga salicisbatatus (Potato Gall Midge)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 212. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. OCLC 1239984577. S2CID 238148746.