| Rabdophaga salicis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Rabdophaga |
| Species: | R. salicis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rabdophaga salicis (Schrank, 1803) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Tipula salicisSchrank, 1803 Contents | |
Rabdophaga salicis is a gall midge which forms galls on sallows (Salix species). It was first described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1803.
The gall is a smooth, globular or spindle-shaped swelling, usually on a twig or stem and contains larvae or pupae in up to fifty separate chambers. The galls are usually 10–40 mm long and about 10 mm wide and the larvae feed on the pith inside the gall. [2] The gall, does not contain frass, and occasionally occurs on the petiole, midrib, [lower-alpha 1] or side veins of a leaf. The larvae are pale orange or reddish, over-winter in the gall and pupate in the spring. [2] [3] [4] In Britain the gall is widespread and common and is found on creeping willow ( Salix repens ), eared willow (S. aurita), grey willow (S. cinerea) and goat willow (S. caprea). Correct identification of the host plant is necessary; the similar looking gall on purple willow (S. purpurea) is Rabdophaga degeerii . [3] Elsewhere the gall has been recorded on mountain willow (S. arbuscula), weeping willow (S. babylonica), European violet willow (S. daphnoides), olive willow (S. elaeagnos), S. excelsa, S. glabra and dark-leaved willow (S. myrsinites). [4]
Recorded from Belgium, Great Britain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Slovakia. [3] [4] [5]
The inquiline Lestodiplosis gammae has been found in this gall and has also been found in the gall of R. saliciperda . [4] [6]
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 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 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 degeerii is a gall midge which forms galls on the shoots of willows.
Rabdophaga albipennis is a gall midge which forms galls on the shoots of white willow.
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 purpureaperda is a gall midge. The larvae tunnel in the shoots of purple willow and may cause the shoots to swell slightly. It was first described by Horace Francis Barnes in 1935.
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 justini is a gall midge. It was first described by Horace Francis Barnes in 1935. The larvae tunnel in the shoots of purple willow.
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 clausilia is a gall midge which, depending on the source, forms galls on the leaves of willows, or is an inquiline living in the galls of a Rabdophaga species, or a predator. It was first 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.
Euura dolichura is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. It was first described by Carl Gustaf Thomson in 1871. The larvae feed within galls on the leaves of willow. Some of the Euura species of sawfly are closely related and placed in groups of similar species. E. dolichura is a member of the Euura dolichura species group.
Lasioptera rubi is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae and is found in Europe. It was first described in 1803 by the German priest, botanist and entomologist, Franz von Paula Schrank. The larvae feed within the tissue of brambles, creating abnormal plant growths known as galls.
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