wheat midge English

Meaning wheat midge meaning

What does wheat midge mean?

wheat midge noun

— Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:

— Contarinia tritici (formerly Diplosis t.) that lays its eggs in the flowers of wheat-heads, and whose reddish larvae devour the kernels

— Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor

— Sitodiplosis mosellana

— Lasioptera obfuscata