''Rabdophaga iteobia'' is a gall midge which forms

gall Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...

s on the buds of willow species.

Description

The gall is an elongated rosette or artichoke, with a diameter up to 15 mm; the leaves may be hairy. There is one generation a year, the larvae are orange and pupate in the ground. The gall has been found on the following species: * '' Salix aurita'' – eared willow * '' Salix caprea'' – goat willow * '' Salix cinerea'' – grey willow * '' Salix glauca'' – glaucous willow * ''

Salix repens ''Salix repens'', the creeping willow, is a small, shrubby species of willow in the family Salicaceae, growing up to 1.5metres in height. Found amongst sand dunes and heathlands, it is a polymorphic species, with a wide range of variants. I ...

'' – creeping willow

Distribution

Found in the following European counties: Belgium and the United Kingdom.

References

iteobia Nematoceran flies of Europe Gall-inducing insects Insects described in 1890 Taxa named by Jean-Jacques Kieffer Willow galls {{Bibionomorpha-stub