Rabdophaga strobiloides

Willow pinecone gall midge
Gall caused by willow pinecone gall midge
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Genus:	Rabdophaga
Species:	R. strobiloides
Binomial name
Rabdophaga strobiloides (Osten Sacken, 1862)
Synonyms[1]
Cecidomyia salicisstrobiloides Osten Sacken, 1878 Cecidomyia strobiloides Osten Sacken, 1862

Rabdophaga strobiloides, the willow pinecone gall midge, is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae.[1][2][3][4]

The gall resembles a pinecone in shape. It can be found throughout North America.[5]

References

1. "Rabdophaga strobiloides Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
2. "Rabdophaga strobiloides species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
3. "Rabdophaga strobiloides". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
4. "Rabdophaga strobiloides Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
5. Van Hezewijk, Brian H.; Roland, Jens (October 2003). "Gall size determines the structure of the Rabdophaga strobiloides host-parasitoid community: The value of galls as refuges". Ecological Entomology. 28 (5): 593–603. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00553.x. S2CID 84032892. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

Further reading

• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.
• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2014). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (PDF) (Report). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA.