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Rabdophaga salicisbatatus

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Species of gall-inducing insect

Rabdophaga salicisbatatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Rabdophaga
Species: R. salicisbatatus
Binomial name
Rabdophaga salicisbatatus
(Osten Sacken, 1878)
Synonyms

Rabdophaga salicisbatatas

Rabdophaga salicisbatatus, also known as the potato-gall midge or the tuber-gall midge, is a species of midge that induces stem galls on North American plants in the Willow family.

References

  1. "Rabdophaga salicisbatatus (Potato Gall Midge)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  2. Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 212. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. OCLC 1239984577. S2CID 238148746.
Taxon identifiers
Rabdophaga salicisbatatus
Rabdophaga salicisbatatas
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