Rabdophaga strobiloides

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

Willow pinecone gall midge
Gall caused by willow pinecone gall midge
Scientific classification
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

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