Heteropeza pygmaea

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Heteropeza pygmaea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Tribe: Heteropezini
Genus: Heteropeza
Species:
H. pygmaea
Binomial name
Heteropeza pygmaea
Winnertz, 1846
Synonyms [1]
  • Oligarces noveboracensis Felt, 1907

Heteropeza pygmaea is a species of non-brachycera in the family Cecidomyiidae. It is found in Europe. [1] [2] [3]

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. 1 2 "Heteropeza pygmaea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Heteropeza pygmaea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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