Gall midge

Semudobia betulae

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae

Cecidomyiidae is a family of flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls. Cecidomyiidae are very fragile small insects usually only 2–3 mm (0.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 33Netherlands · 15

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Martin Scheuch, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionCecidomyiidae, Wikipedia contributors

Gall midge

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