gall midge

Noun
  1. 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

Found on Word Lists

Other Searches