wheat midge

English

Noun

wheat midge (plural wheat midges)

Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
1. Contarinia tritici (formerly Diplosis t.) that lays its eggs in the flowers of wheat-heads, and whose reddish larvae devour the kernels
2. Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor
3. Sitodiplosis mosellana
4. Lasioptera obfuscata

Synonyms

(Contarinia tritici): lemon wheat blossom midge, wheat blossom midge, wheat yellow blossom midge, yellow wheat blossom midge
(Sitodiplosis mosellana): orange wheat blossom midge, orange wheat gall midge, wheat orange blossom midge

Translations

Contarinia tritici

Finnish: vehnäsääski

Mayetiola destructor — see Hessian fly

Sitodiplosis mosellana

Danish: orangegul hvedegalmyg c
Finnish: tähkäsääski
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rød hvetegallmygg m
Swedish: röd vetemygga c

Lasioptera obfuscata

Further reading

European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) database (Contarinia tritici)
European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) database (Sitodiplosis mosellana)
wheat midge in Merriam Webster (Sitodiplosis mosellana and Mayetiola destructor)
wheat midge in English Wikipedia (Mayetiola destructor) Wheat midge
wheat-midge in Wordnik (Diplosis tritici and Lasioptera obfuscata)

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