sciara

Noun
  1. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings (synset 102207374)
    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: armyworm - larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted
    belongs to: genus sciara - type genus of the Sciaridae: fungus gnat
    same as: fungus gnat, sciarid

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