Rabdophaga cornuta
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Rabdophaga
Hosts: Salix exigua
Detachable: integral
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Alignment: integral
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Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling, hidden cell
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The plant-feeding gall midges of North America
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Rabdophaga cornuta
Host: Salix spp.
Salix
Swollen twigs
Internodal twig swelling without foreshortening the stem
Twig swelling tapered, woody, sometimes barely noticeable
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This is a borer in larger willow stems. Walsh (1864) found it associated with stems affected by R salicisbrassicoides.
Range: IL
”- Raymond J. Gagne: (1989) The plant-feeding gall midges of North America©
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