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Iteomyia capreae

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Iteomyia capreae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Genus: Iteomyia
Species:
I. capreae
Binomial name
Iteomyia capreae
(Winnertz, 1853)
Synonyms[1]

Cecidomyia salicisfolii Hardy, 1854
Iteomyia salicisfolii (Hardy, 1854)
Cecidomyia capreae Winnertz, 1853

Iteomyia capreae is a gall midge which forms galls on willows (Salix species). It was first described by Johannes Winnertz in 1853.

Description of the gall

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The midge forms two different galls which can be found, either on the leaf bade or on a side-vein of a leaf.

  • in the leaf blade the gall is a hard, domed pouch above, and below it is conical, with a red-rimmed opening. The opening is hairless and initially greenish, later becoming yellow, brown, purple or red. It contains a single larva which is white at first and later orange or red.
  • the side-vein is a 2–3 mm long, hard swelling, containing the larva.[2][3]

When mature the larvae drop from the gall, overwintering in the soil and pupating in the spring.[4]

The galls are found on sallows or their hybrids and include, almond willow (S. triandra), common osier (S. viminalis), crack willow (S. fragilis), dark-leaved willow (S. myrsinifolia), eared willow (S. aurita), European violet willow (S. daphnoides), goat willow (S. caprea), grey willow (S. cinerea) and S. appendiculata.[3]

Distribution

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The insect has been recorded in Asia, and Europe, from Ireland and Portugal in the west, through to Siberia, China and Japan in the east.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Iteomyia capreae (Winnertz, 1853)". NBN atlas. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ^ Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Boxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: Field Study Council. pp. 282–299. ISBN 978-185153-284-1.
  3. ^ a b Ellis, W N. "Iteomyia capreae (Winnertz, 1853)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  4. ^ Chinery, Michael (2011). Britain's Plant Galls. Old Basing, Hampshire: WildGuides. p. 62. ISBN 978-190365743-0.
  5. ^ "Distribution of Iteomyia capreae". ResearchGate. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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