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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 » Lasiopterini » Short-horned or scaly-veined gall midges (Lasioptera) » Lasioptera solidaginis
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Cecidomyiinae, dorsal - Lasioptera solidaginis
Copyright © 2017 MJ Hatfield

Cecidomyiinae, dorsal - Lasioptera solidaginis
Red Oak Prairie, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
April 30, 2017
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Cecidomyiinae, stem gall of an undetermined plant - Lasioptera solidaginis Cecidomyiinae, pupae - Lasioptera solidaginis Cecidomyiinae, pupa emerging from gall - Lasioptera solidaginis Cecidomyiinae, adult emerging from pupa - Lasioptera solidaginis Cecidomyiinae, dorsal - Lasioptera solidaginis Cecidomyiinae, dorsal - Lasioptera solidaginis Cecidomyiinae, lateral - Lasioptera solidaginis Cecidomyiinae, cells in gall - Lasioptera solidaginis
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 19 December, 2017 - 8:01pm
Last updated 1 January, 2020 - 4:02pm

Moved
Moved from Lasiopteridi.
… MJ Hatfield, 1 January, 2020 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

Not Asteromyia
This is not Asteromyia tumifica which has narrower white bands. So if the plant is goldenrod this has to be Lasioptera solidaginis or something previously unknown.
… John F. Carr, 29 December, 2019 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gall Midges.
… MJ Hatfield, 20 December, 2017 - 7:44am login or register to post comments

Lasiopteridi
The adults are in supertribe Lasiopteridi.
… John F. Carr, 20 December, 2017 - 5:18am login or register to post comments

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