Rabdophaga

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Rabdophaga is genus of flies in the family of gall midges Cecidomyiidae. There are 105 species distributed through Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.[1] Most species of Rabdophaga gall willows (Salix sp.); one exception is R. giraudiana which galls the stems of poplars (Populus sp.).[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
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Rabdophaga
Gall caused by Rabdophaga salicis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
Supertribe: Lasiopteridi
Tribe: Oligotrophini
Genus: Rabdophaga
(Westwood 1847)
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Rhabdophaga

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