wheat midge (English, noun)
expansion: wheat midge (plural wheat midges)
Senses:
glosses: Various 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
glosses: Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor
glosses: Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
Sitodiplosis mosellana
glosses: Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
Lasioptera obfuscata
Forms:
form: wheat midges
tags: plural