Rabdophaga nielsenii

Rabdophaga nielsenii is a gall midge. It was first described by Jean-Jacques Kieffer in 1906. The larvae tunnel in the shoots of bay willow (Salix pentandra) and may cause the shoots to swell slightly.

Rabdophaga nielsenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Genus:	Rabdophaga
Species:	R. nielsenii
Binomial name
Rabdophaga nielsenii (Kieffer, 1906)
Synonyms[1]
Dasineura nielsenii Rhabdophaga nielseni Kieffer & Nielsen, 1906

Description

The orange or red larvae live under the bark of shoots of bay willow (Salix pentandra). Before the larvae pupate they make emergence holes which may be the only indication of their presence.^[2][3]