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Rabdophaga albipennis

Rabdophaga albipennis

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera

Rabdophaga albipennis is a gall midge which forms galls on the shoots of white willow (Salix alba). Description 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.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 1