Rabdophaga albipennis

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

Rabdophaga albipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Genus:	Rabdophaga
Species:	R. albipennis
Binomial name
Rabdophaga albipennis Loew, 1850
Synonyms[1]
Dasineura albipennis Cecidomyia albipennis Loew, 1850 Rhabdophaga albipennis (Loew, H.)

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.^[2][3]

Distribution

The insect or gall has been found in Great Britain and Italy.^[2][4]