Contarinia maculipennis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a polyphagous pest newly reported for North America

1995/06/01 by Raymond J. Gagné
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Plant and animal studies

paper · doi:10.1017/s0007485300034283

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Abstract

Abstract A gall midge recently found on Dendrobium orchids in Florida, USA, is identified as Contarinia maculipennis Felt. The identification is based on anatomical similarity to a polyphagous species originally described from Hawaii but which now appears to be from south-east Asia. Contarinia maculipennis is redescribed and compared to Contarinia solani (Rübsaamen) and C. lycopersici Felt, two species with which it has been confused in the literature.

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