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noun
Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
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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noun
Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor
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noun
Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
Sitodiplosis mosellana
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noun
Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
Lasioptera obfuscata
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