Rabdophaga albipennis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Genus: | Rabdophaga |
Species: | R. albipennis
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Binomial name | |
Rabdophaga albipennis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Dasineura albipennis |
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]