Rabdophaga rosaria (Loew, 1850)

on Salix

Rabdophaga rosaria on Salix alba: gall

Salix alba, Belgium, prov. Flemish Brabant, Geetbets, Aronts Hoek, 1.ix.2021 © Carina Van Steenwinkel

Rabdophaga rosaria on Salix alba: larva

larva in the gall

Rabdophaga rosaria on Salix alba: spatula

spatula

Rabdophaga rosaria on Salix alba: papillae

papillae

Rabdophaga rosaria old gall on Salix spec.

Salix spec., Romania, Arad county, Milova, 15.v.2019 © Alex Pintilioaie: old gall

Rabdophaga rosaria: galls on Salix alba

Salix alba Dronten, 15.ix.2017 © Arnold Grosscurt: a young gall and an old one

Rabdophaga rosaria: opened gall

old gall, opened

Rabdophaga rosaria: opened gall

here one can see that the puparium was enclosed in a flimsy cocoon

Rabdophaga rosaria: puparium

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

Rabdophaga rosaria: galls on Salix baylonica

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

the single larva in the centre of the gall

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.

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).