Rabdophaga saliciperda

Rabdophaga saliciperda is a species of gall midges which forms galls on willows (Salix species). It was first described by Léon Jean Marie Dufour in 1841.

Rabdophaga saliciperda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Rabdophaga
Species:
R. saliciperda
Binomial name
Rabdophaga saliciperda
(Dufour, 1841)
Synonyms

Dasineura saliciperda
Helicomyia saliciperda

Description

The woody, irregular swellings are on the twigs of willows with the larval chambers just below the bark. Larva are in individual chambers and are described as yellowish-orange, or greenish yellow to white or reddish depending on the authority. Larvae prepare emergence windows before pupating.[1][2] Galls have been recorded on Salix alba, S. aurita, S. aurita x cinerea, S. cinerea subsp. oleifolia, S. caprea , S. fragilis and S. repens.[2]

Distribution

Has been recorded from Europe, Japan and Russia.[3]

Inquilines

The inquiline Lestodiplosis gammae has also been found in this gall and the gall of R. salicis.[2][4]

References
  1. Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978 185153 284 1.
  2. Ellis, W N. "Rabdophaga saliciperda". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  3. "shot-hole gall midge (Rabdophaga saliciperda)". Plantwise Knowledge Bank. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. Ellis, W N. "Rabdophaga salicis (Schrank, 1803)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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