Rabdophaga rosaria (Loew, 1850)
on Salix
Salix spec., Romania, Arad county, Milova, 15.v.2019 © Alex Pintilioaie: old gall
Salix alba Dronten, 15.ix.2017 © 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, 11.vii.2015 © Stéphane Claerebout

Salix alba, Belgium, prov. Namur, Isnes, 21.vi.2007 © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Salix caprea, Belgium, prov. Hainaut, Monceau-sur-Sambre, 11.vii.2011 © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Salix alba, Biddinghuizen, Spijkbos, 14.x.2016 © Hans Jonkman

Salix alba, Leiden

Salix babylonica, Nieuwendam (winter aspect), 21.iii.2013

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.
host plants
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), Sánchez & Bruun (2018a), 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), Tavares (1905a), Tomasi (2003a, 2014a), Unal & Akkuzu (2009a).