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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Gall Midges and Wood Midges (Cecidomyiidae) » Gall Midges (Cecidomyiinae) » Lasiopteridi » Dasineurini » Rabdophaga » Willow Beaked-Gall Midge (Rabdophaga rigidae)

Species Rabdophaga rigidae - Willow Beaked-Gall Midge

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited
gall - Rabdophaga rigidae Willow Beaked-gall - Rabdophaga rigidae Willow Beaked Gall Midge - Rabdophaga rigidae Elongated gall on willow stem - Rabdophaga rigidae Elongated gall on willow stem - Rabdophaga rigidae Cecidomyiidae, Willow Beaked-Gall Midge, ventral - Rabdophaga rigidae Cecidomyiidae, Willow Beaked-Gall Midge, lateral - Rabdophaga rigidae Cecidomyiidae, Willow Beaked-Gall Midge, a spent pupa - Rabdophaga rigidae
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Superfamily Sciaroidea (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
Family Cecidomyiidae (Gall Midges and Wood Midges)
Subfamily Cecidomyiinae (Gall Midges)
Supertribe Lasiopteridi
Tribe Dasineurini
Genus Rabdophaga
Species rigidae (Willow Beaked-Gall Midge)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cecidomyia rigidae Osten Sacken, 1862
Cecidomyia salicis Fitch, 1845
Cecidomyia siliqua Osten Sacken, 1878
Rhabdophaga rigidae
Range
In North America, from New England to the West Coast; also in eastern Asia, including Japan. (1)
Life Cycle
Larvae develop in greatly swollen terminal buds of willows. Adults emerge from galls in spring. (1)
Works Cited
1.The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America
Raymond J. Gagné. 1989. Cornell University Press.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 18 December, 2010 - 1:26am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 15 August, 2016 - 5:58pm

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