| Contarinia negundinis | |
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| Larvae on leaf | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Supertribe: | Cecidomyiidi |
| Tribe: | Cecidomyiini |
| Genus: | Contarinia |
| Species: | C. negundinis
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| Binomial name | |
| Contarinia negundinis Gillette, 1890
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Contarinia negundinis, known generally as boxelder gall midge, is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. Other common names include the boxelder bud gall midge and boxelder leaf gall midge.[1][2][3][4] It is the only North American species that enters diapause during the pupal stage of development. [5]
References
- ^ a b "Contarinia negundinis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Contarinia negundinis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Contarinia negundinis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Contarinia negundinis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ Gagné, Raymond J. (1989). "Biology". The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Cornell University Press. p. 7. ISBN 0801419182.
Further reading
- Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.
- Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2014). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (PDF) (Report). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA.
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