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Definition of Gall midge
1. Noun. Fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants.
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
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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