Rabdophaga terminalis
| Rabdophaga terminalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Rabdophaga |
| Species: | R. terminalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rabdophaga terminalis (Loew, 1850)
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| Synonyms | |
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Dasineura terminalis | |
Rabdophaga strobilina is a gall midge which forms galls on the buds of some species of willow (Salix species). It was first described by Hermann Loew in 1850.
Description[]
The gall is green, reddish, later black but never hairy. The leaves of the terminal bud are slightly thickened, sometimes crinkled and curled into an elongate gall, which can be hidden by older leaves. Inside the gall is an elongate cavity with orange or reddish larva numbering from one to forty.[1][2]
It is uncertain whether white larva are the young larva of R. terminalis or inquilines, and/or R. strobilina.[2]
The gall has been found on the following species:
- Salix alba – white willow
- Salix babylonica – Babylon willow
- Salix caesia
- Salix fragilis – crack willow
- Salix pentandra – bay willow
- Salix purpurea – purple willow
- Salix triandra – almond willow
- Salix viminalis – osier
Distribution[]
The insect or gall has been found in Belgium and the United Kingdom.
References[]
- ^ Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: FSC Publications. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978 1 85153 284 1.
- ^ a b Ellis, W N. "Rabdophaga terminalis". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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- Rabdophaga
- Nematoceran flies of Europe
- Gall-inducing insects
- Insects described in 1850
- Taxa named by Hermann Loew
- Willow galls
- Bibionomorpha stubs