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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Gall Midges and Wood Midges (Cecidomyiidae) » Gall Midges (Cecidomyiinae) » Lasiopteridi » Cystiphora » Rush skeletonweed gall midge (Cystiphora schmidti)

Species Cystiphora schmidti - Rush skeletonweed gall midge

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Superfamily Sciaroidea (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
Family Cecidomyiidae (Gall Midges and Wood Midges)
Subfamily Cecidomyiinae (Gall Midges)
Supertribe Lasiopteridi
Genus Cystiphora
Species schmidti (Rush skeletonweed gall midge)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Laubertia schmidti Rübsaamen, 1914
Size
0.8 to 1.6 mm
Food
Rush skeletonweed Chondrilla juncea and related species.
Life Cycle
Four or five generations a year.
Remarks
Introduced in 1975 from Greece as biocontrol of the invasive skeleton weed Chondrilla juncea (Cichoriaceae).
It forms galls in the leaves and stems.
Internet References
Cambridge U. Press. The Chondrilla gall midge, Cystiphora schmidti (Rübsaamen) (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae). II. biology and host specificity.
Biological Control Agents.
Washington State U.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 29 March, 2015 - 10:13pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 15 August, 2016 - 5:17pm

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