Rabdophaga salicisbatatus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Genus: | Rabdophaga |
Species: | R. salicisbatatus
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Binomial name | |
Rabdophaga salicisbatatus (Osten Sacken, 1878)
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Synonyms | |
Rabdophaga salicisbatatas |
Rabdophaga salicisbatatus, also known as the potato-gall midge or the tuber-gall midge, is a species of midge that induces stem galls on North American plants in the Willow family. [1] [2]