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Species Ampelomyia vitispomum

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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 Cecidomyiidi
Tribe Asphondyliini
Genus Ampelomyia
Species vitispomum (Ampelomyia vitispomum)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cecidomyia vitis-pomum Osten Sacken, 1878
Schizomyia vitispomum (Osten Sacken, 1878)
Explanation of Names
From the Latin words for "grape" and "fruit".
Remarks
Makes applelike stem galls on grape. (1)
Works Cited
1.The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America
Raymond J. Gagné. 1989. Cornell University Press.