Rabdophaga strobilina

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Rabdophaga strobilina
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Rabdophaga strobilina on Grew Willow in Merseyside, England
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Rabdophaga
Species:
R. strobilina
Binomial name
Rabdophaga strobilina
(Bremi, 1847)
Synonyms

Dasineura strobilina

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.

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Description

Rabdophaga rosaria forms Camellia galls (also known as a terminal rosette gall) on willow (Salix) species. R. strobilina is a close relative of R. rosaria and the larva of strobilina live under the modified leaves of the galls made by rosaria larva. If there are many larva of strobilina, the gall can enlarge and change shape from a rosette, into a 30–40 mm long cone-shaped artichoke. [1] [2] R. strobilina is also an inquiline of Rabdophaga terminalis. [3]

Distribution

The insect or gall has been found in Belgium, Denmark, Turkey and the United Kingdom. [1] [4] [5] [6]

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<i>Rabdophaga marginemtorquens</i> Species of fly

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Rabdophaga roskami is a gall midge which may form galls on common ossier or, the larva live in the galls formed by R. marginemtorquens. It was first described by H Stelter in 1989.

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.

<i>Rabdophaga nervorum</i> Species of fly

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<i>Rabdophaga salicisbrassicoides</i> Species of fly

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References

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