title: Rabdophaga iteobia
text: # Rabdophaga iteobia
  
  Rabdophaga iteobia is a gall midge which forms galls 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 – creeping willow
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Found in the following European counties: Belgium and the United Kingdom.
  
  