Meanings
nounwheat midge (plural wheat midges)
plural wheat midges
- 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
Synonyms: lemon wheat blossom midge, wheat blossom midge, wheat yellow blossom midge, yellow wheat blossom midge
- Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor
- Sitodiplosis mosellana
- Lasioptera obfuscata
Synonyms & antonyms
nounContarinia tritici (formerly Diplosis t.) that lays its eggs in the flowers of wheat-heads, and whose reddish larvae devour the kernels
Similar
lemon wheat blossom midgewheat blossom midgewheat yellow blossom midgeyellow wheat blossom midge
Similar
orange wheat blossom midgeorange wheat gall midgewheat orange blossom midge
Also see
Translations
Danish orangegul hvedegalmyg
- orangegul hvedegalmygSitodiplosis mosellana
Finnish vehnäsääski, tähkäsääski
- vehnäsääskiContarinia tritici
- tähkäsääskiSitodiplosis mosellana
Norwegian Bokmål rød hvetegallmygg
- rød hvetegallmyggSitodiplosis mosellana
Swedish röd vetemygga
- röd vetemyggaSitodiplosis mosellana
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