Rabdophaga albipennis

Rabdophaga albipennis is a gall midge which forms galls on the shoots of white willow (Salix alba).

Rabdophaga albipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Rabdophaga
Species:
R. albipennis
Binomial name
Rabdophaga albipennis
Synonyms[1]

Dasineura albipennis
Cecidomyia albipennis Loew, 1850
Rhabdophaga albipennis (Loew, H.)

Description

The gall is a slight swelling on a twig just below a bud on white willow (Salix alba). Inside the gall is a reddish-orange larvae which later makes an emergence hole in the twig or bud and overwinters in the gall.[2][3]

Distribution

The insect or gall has been found in Great Britain and Italy.[2][4]

References
  1. "Rabdophaga albipennis (Loew, 1850)". NBM atlas. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978 185153 284 1.
  3. Ellis, W N. "Rabdophaga albipennis (Loew, 1850)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  4. Hellrigl, Klaus (2006). "Gall-midges and Gall-mites: Supplement to Faunistics of South Tyrol (2)". Forest Observer. 2/3: 251–280.
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