Rabdophaga albipennis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Genus: | Rabdophaga |
Species: | R. albipennis |
Binomial name | |
Rabdophaga albipennis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Dasineura albipennis Contents |
Rabdophaga albipennis is a gall midge which forms galls on the shoots of white willow ( Salix alba ).
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]
The insect or gall has been found in Great Britain and Italy. [2] [4]
Rabdophaga rosaria is a gall midge which forms Camellia galls or terminal rosette gall on willow species. It was first described by Hermann Loew in 1850.
Rabdophaga is genus of flies in the family of gall midges Cecidomyiidae. There are 105 species distributed through Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Most species of Rabdophaga gall willows ; one exception is R. giraudiana which galls the stems of poplars.
Rabdophaga clavifex is a gall midge which forms galls on the buds of willow species.
Rabdophaga repenticornua is a gall midge which forms galls on the buds of creeping willow.
Rabdophaga strobilina is a gall midge and inquiline of Rabdophaga rosaria and Rabdophaga terminalis; also gall midges. It was first described by Johann Jacob Bremi-Wolf in 1847.
Rabdophaga strobilina is a gall midge which forms galls on the buds of some species of willow. It was first described by Hermann Loew in 1850.
Rabdophaga iteobia is a gall midge which forms galls on the buds of willow species.
Rabdophaga heterobia is a species of gall midges which has two generations a year and forms galls on almond willow. It was first described by Hermann Loew in 1850.
Rabdophaga jaapi is a species of gall midges which forms galls on creeping willow.
Rabdophaga rosariella is a species of gall midge which forms galls on sallows. It was first described by Jean-Jacques Kieffer in 1897.
Rabdophaga saliciperda is a species of gall midges which forms galls on willows. It was first described by Léon Jean Marie Dufour in 1841.
Rabdophaga salicis is a gall midge which forms galls on sallows. It was first described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1803.
Rabdophaga degeerii is a gall midge which forms galls on the shoots of willows.
Rabdophaga karschi is a gall midge which forms galls on the twigs of sallows.
Rabdophaga dubiosa is a gall midge which forms galls on the young shoots of willow.
Rabdophaga pierreana is a gall midge which forms galls on the young shoots of willow. It was first described by Jean-Jacques Kieffer in 1909.
Rabdophaga nielsenii is a gall midge. It was first described by Jean-Jacques Kieffer in 1906. The larvae tunnel in the shoots of bay willow and may cause the shoots to swell slightly.
Rabdophaga marginemtorquens is a gall midge which forms galls on willows and is found in Europe. It was described by Johann Jacob Bremi-Wolf in 1847.
Rabdophaga nervorum is a gall midge which forms galls on the leaves of sallows. It is found in Europe and was first described by the French entomologist, Jean-Jacques Kieffer in 1895.
Rabdophaga rigidae, the willow beaked-gall midge, is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. It is found across North America. Some sources state that it is also present in parts of eastern Asia including Japan; however, a 2006 study shows that the Asian populations likely represent a separate species: Rabdophaga salicivora.