English Explanatory Dictionary

wheat midge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
  2. Contarinia tritici (formerly Diplosis t.) that lays its eggs in the flowers of wheat-heads, and whose reddish larvae devour the kernels
  3. Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor
  4. Sitodiplosis mosellana
  5. Lasioptera obfuscata

Word forms

wheat midge wheat midges

Synonyms

orange wheat blossom midge orange wheat gall midge wheat orange blossom midge lemon wheat blossom midge wheat blossom midge wheat yellow blossom midge yellow wheat blossom midge
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