gall midge

Noun
  1. Fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants (synset 102192015)
    is a type of: dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects - insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
    subtypes: hessian fly, mayetiola destructor - small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
    belongs to: cecidomyidae, family cecidomyidae - gall midges
    same as: gall gnat, gallfly

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