Rabdophaga strobilina

Rabdophaga strobilina
Rabdophaga strobilina on Grew Willow in Merseyside, England
Scientific classification
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.

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]

References

1. Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: FSC Publications. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978-1-85153-284-1.
2. Harris, K M (2006). "The willow rosette gall, Rabdophaga rosaria; name correction". Cecidology (21): 34–35.
3. Ellis, W N. "Rabdophaga terminalis". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
4. Ellis, W N. "Rabdophaga strobilina". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
5. Haarder, Simon; Bruun, Hans Henrik; Harris, Keith M; Skuhrava, Marcela (2016). "Gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) new to the Danish fauna". Ent. Tidskr. 137: 79–98.
6. Kemal, Muhabbet. "Photo Album". Diptera.info. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

External links

• Plant Parasites of Europe