Definition of Gall midge

1. Noun. Fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants.

Exact synonyms: Gall Gnat, Gallfly
Generic synonyms: Dipteran, Dipteron, Dipterous Insect, Two-winged Insects
Group relationships: Cecidomyidae, Family Cecidomyidae
Specialized synonyms: Hessian Fly, Mayetiola Destructor

Definition of Gall midge

1. Noun. Any insect of the ''Cecidomyiidae'' family, whose larvae damage crops and other plants, creating galls on the stems and other fleshy parts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gall Midge

galipot
galipots
galivant
galivanted
galivanting
galivants
galiximab
galkhaite
gall
gall-berry
gall bladder
gall bladders
gall dang
gall duct
gall gnat
gall midge
gall midges
gall of the earth
gall wasp
gall wasps
galla
gallabea
gallabeas
gallacetophenone
gallamine
gallamine triethiodide
gallamines
gallane

Literary usage of Gall midge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1906)
"THE RIBES GALL-MIDGE. Various correspondents have forwarded branches of Ribes ■alpinum covered with galls formed, I think, by a Cecid or Gall- Midge. Fig. ..."

2. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"This lays its eggs in the galls, and on hatching out the larvae feed on the maggots of the gall-gnat. 2. The Small Osier Gall-Midge ..."

3. General Biology: A Book of Outlines and Practical Studies for the General by James George Needham (1910)
"All these forms together constitute a miniature animal society, dependent on the overgrowth of willow tissue that results from the attack of the gall midge. ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Mag- eggs developed in the precociously- nified—. (The feelers formed ovaries of a larval gall-midge and legs are cut short. ..."

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