Dicrodiplosis californica

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Dicrodiplosis californica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Supertribe: Cecidomyiidi
Genus: Dicrodiplosis
Species:
D. californica
Binomial name
Dicrodiplosis californica
Felt, 1912

Dicrodiplosis californica, the mealybug-destroying predaceous gall midge, is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Cecidomyiidae Family of flies

Cecidomyiidae is a family of flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls.

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References

  1. "Dicrodiplosis californica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. "Dicrodiplosis californica species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. "Dicrodiplosis californica". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. "Dicrodiplosis californica Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

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