Acericecis ocellaris

Acericecis ocellaris
Larva (top) and Leaf gall caused by Acericecis ocellaris (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Genus:	Acericecis
Species:	A. ocellaris
Binomial name
Acericecis ocellaris (Osten Sacken, 1862)
Synonyms [1]
Cecidomyia ocellaris Osten Sacken, 1862 Mayetiola virginiana Felt, 1908

Acericecis ocellaris, known generally as ocellate gall midge, is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. Other common names include the maple eyespot gall and maple leaf spot gall. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

This species induces blister-like galls on the leaves of maples in the Nearctic, including Acer circinatum , A. pensylvanicum , A. rubrum , A. saccharinum , A. saccharum , and A. spicatum . ^{[5] [6]}

The species was first described by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken in 1862 as Cecidomyia ocellaris. ^[5] It is the type species of the genus. ^[5]

References

1. "Acericecis ocellaris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
2. "Acericecis ocellaris species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
3. "Acericecis ocellaris". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
4. "Acericecis ocellaris Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
5. Gagne, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2025). Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae of the World (6th ed.). doi:10.5281/zenodo.15409750. ISBN   978-0-9863941-5-7.
6. "Gallformers". gallformers.org. Retrieved 2025-11-29.

Further reading

• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2014). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (PDF) (Report). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 18, 2014.