Rabdophaga iteobia (Kieffer, 1890)

Fjellberg, Arne & Fedotova, Zoya, 2024, New records of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Norway, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 71, pp. 8-94 : 80

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15883449

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scientific name

Rabdophaga iteobia (Kieffer, 1890)
status

 

Rabdophaga iteobia (Kieffer, 1890) View in CoL

Material: Ø, Indre Østfold: Trøgstad, Gravstjern , 59.633786°N 11.334418°E ± 10m, 4 August 2022, on Salix caprea , 12L, leg. HE GoogleMaps , coll. NHMO.

Biology: The orange larvae develop gregariously in galled shoots of Salix spp. ( Salicaceae ). The leaves of the infected shoots are more or less bundled together, though

without forming a proper “willow rose”, and are abnormally hairy. Univoltine; pupation and hibernation in the soil.

Distribution: Widespread in Europe including Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

NHMO

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Cecidomyiidae

Genus

Rabdophaga

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