Rabdophaga like-rosaria

Rabdophaga strobiloides

[Sato et al report that Rabdophaga rosaria midges collected on Salix pulchra in Alaska are monophyletic with midges collected from similar galls in Eurasia. They note that the genetic distance between two clades of R rosaria are sufficient to suggest they have diverged as sister species, but the clade including the Alaskan midges is also found in Poland, Russia, Korea, China, and Japan.]

[Sato et al sequenced the genomes of Rabdophaga strobiloides from Salix sitchensis and barclayi in Alaska and Salix nigra in Michigan and found they were monophyletic.]

Genetic variation in intraspecific populations of Rabdophaga rosaria (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) indicating possible diversification scenarios into sibling species along with host range expansion on willows (Salicaceae: Salix)