Rabdophaga clavifex

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Rabdophaga clavifex
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Rabdophaga
Species:
R. clavifex
Binomial name
Rabdophaga clavifex
(Kieffer, 1891)
Synonyms [1]

Bertieria rosariella
Cecidomyia clavifex
Dasineura davifex
Rhabdophaga repenticola

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Rabdophaga clavifex is a gall midge which forms galls on the buds of willow species.

Description

The tree/shrub genus Salix supports many galls, some of which are difficult to identify, particularly those caused by the gall midges in the genus Rabdophaga. R. clavifex causes a cluster of hairy buds with a club-like swelling at the tip of the shoot on sallows. Each bud contains a red or orange larva. [2]

Distribution

This species has been recorded in several European countries, including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. [1] [3] In the UK R. clavifex has been found in Merseyside and Yorkshire. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rhabdophaga clavifex". Insectoid. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: FSC Publications. pp. 282–299. ISBN   978-1-85153-284-1.
  3. ↑ Georgiev, Georgi Tsvetkov; Sakalian, Vladimir; Ivanov, Kaloyan; Boyadzhiev, Peter (2004). "Insects reared from stems and branches of goat willow (Salix caprea L.) in Bulgaria". J Pest Sci. 77 (3): 151–3. doi:10.1007/s10340-003-0044-z. S2CID   23195926 . Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rabdophaga clavifex (Kieffer, 1891)". NBN Atlas. Retrieved 15 August 2017.


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