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Wheat midge

Noun
Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounVarious 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 Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor Sitodiplosis mosellana Lasioptera obfuscata
2.NounContarinia tritici (formerly Diplosis t.) that lays its eggs in the flowers of wheat-heads, and whose reddish larvae devour the kernels
3.NounHessian fly, Mayetiola destructor
4.NounSitodiplosis mosellana
5.NounLasioptera obfuscata

Synonyms

wheat flygall midgewheat sawflygreenbugswede midgegrain weevilwheatwormbiting midgegall gnatmidgewheat weevilwheat bug
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