wheat midge
noun› Various dipterous insects of the family…
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Contarinia tritici (formerly Diplosis t.) that lays its eggs in the flowers of wheat-heads, and whose reddish larvae devour the kernels
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Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor
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Sitodiplosis mosellana
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Lasioptera obfuscata
- Synonyms
- lemon wheat blossom midge, wheat blossom midge, wheat yellow blossom midge, yellow wheat blossom midge, orange wheat blossom midge, orange wheat gall midge, wheat orange blossom midge