Rabdophaga rosaria (Loew, 1850)
on Salix
Salix alba Dronten © Arnold Grosscurt: a young gall and an old one
old gall, opened
here one can see that the puparium was enclosed in a flimsy cocoon
puparium
Salix alba, Belgium, prov. West Flanders, Kortrijk, Kleiputten ‘t Hoge Kortrijk © Stéphane Claerebout
Salix alba, Belgium, prov. Namur, Isnes; © Jean-Yves Baugnée
Salix caprea, Belgium, prov. Hainaut, Monceau-sur-Sambre; © Jean-Yves Baugnée
Salix alba, Biddinghuizen, Spijkbos © Hans Jonkman
Salix alba, Leiden
Salix babylonica, Nieuwendam (winter aspect)
the single larva in the centre of the gall
the spatula
gall
Larva orange-red, solitary; a single generation per year; the larva hibernates, then pupates within the gall.
hostplants
Salicaceae,monophagous
Salix alba, appendiculata, aurita, babylonica, caprea, cinerea, elaeagnos, excelsa, x fragilis, hastata, lanata, myrsinifolia, pedicellata, purpurea, repens & subsp. rosmarinifolia, silesiaca, triandra, viminalis.
larva
Kieffer (1892a). Möhn (1955s), Nijveldt & Yukawa (1982a) and Gol ao (2015a) describe the mature larva.
spatula (from Rübsaamen, 1916a)
prosternum with spatula (from Möhn, 1955a)
synonyms
Cecidomyia, Dasineura, Rhabdophaga, rosaria. Rabdophaga cinerearum (Hardy, 1850) probably is a synonym of rosaria, but the possibility remains that it rather is a synonym of the inquiline R. strobilina.
inquilines
Macrolabis saliceti; Rabdophaga schreiteri, strobilina.
references
Abras, Fassotte, Chandelier & Cavelier (2008a), Barnes (1951a), Béguinot (2002d, 2012a), Bellmann (2012a), Buhr (1965a), Cilbircioğlu & Ünal (2009a), Coulianos & Holmåsen (1991a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Deckert & Deckert (2016a), Flügel (2016a), Gagné (2004a, 2010a), Gol, Namaghi, Hosseini & Skuhravá (2015a), Hellrigl (2006a, 2010a), Houard (1908a), Kollár (2007a, 2011a), Koops (2013a), Kopelke & Amendt (2002a), Haarder, Bruun, Harris & Skuhravá (2016a), Kieffer (1891a, 1892a), Lambinon, Schneider & Feitz (2001b, 2012a), Lehmann & Flügel (2012a), Lehmann & Hannover (2016a), Mirumian (2011a). Möhn (1955a), Nijveldt & Yukawa (1982a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Rübsaamen (1916a), Simova-Tošić & Skuhravá (2001a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1996a, 2000a, 2004a, 2007a), Simova-Tošić, Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Postolovski (2007a), Skrzypczyńska (2007a), Skuhravá (2006a), Skuhravá, Bayram, Çam ao (2005a), Skuhravá, Karimpour, Sadeghi ao (2014a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (1994a, 1997a,b, 1999a, 2003a, 2005b,c, 2006a, 2007a, 2009a, 2010a,b), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Carbonnelle (2017a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dauphin & Coutin (2005a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Dončev & Dimitrova (1991a, 1992a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Hellrigl (2001a, 2002a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Neacsu (1972a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý, Skrzypczyńska & Szadziewski (2008a), Stelter (1989b), Sylvén (1983a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a), Unal & Akkuzu (2009a).