Rabdophaga salicisbatatus
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| Rabdophaga salicisbatatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Rabdophaga |
| Species: | R. salicisbatatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rabdophaga salicisbatatus (Osten Sacken, 1878) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]