Rabdophaga albipennis
Rabdophaga albipennis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Genus: | Rabdophaga |
Species: | R. albipennis
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Binomial name | |
Rabdophaga albipennis | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Dasineura albipennis |
Rabdophaga albipennis is a gall midge which forms galls on the shoots of white willow (Salix alba).
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[]
- ^ "Rabdophaga albipennis (Loew, 1850)". NBM atlas. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ a b Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978 185153 284 1.
- ^ Ellis, W N. "Rabdophaga albipennis (Loew, 1850)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ Hellrigl, Klaus (2006). "Gall-midges and Gall-mites: Supplement to Faunistics of South Tyrol (2)". Forest Observer. 2/3: 251–280.
Categories:
- Rabdophaga
- Nematoceran flies of Europe
- Gall-inducing insects
- Insects described in 1850
- Taxa named by Hermann Loew
- Willow galls
- Bibionomorpha stubs