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Species Craneiobia tuba

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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 Craneiobia
Species tuba (Craneiobia tuba)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cecidomyia tuba Stebbins, 1910
Remarks
Forms galls on dogwood (Cornus) leaves that are tubular on one side of the leaf and hemispherical on the other. Larvae are orange; adults have not been reared. (1)
Works Cited
1.The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America
Raymond J. Gagné. 1989. Cornell University Press.