spruce gall midge
Dasineura piceae (Felt, 1926)
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 1398193 spruce gall midge Dasineura piceae Damage Steven Katovich |
Taxonomic Rank
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: Atelocerata |
| Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta) |
| Infraclass: Neoptera |
| Subclass: Pterygota |
| Order: Diptera |
| Suborder: Nematocera |
| Infraorder: Bibionomorpha |
| Family: Cecidomyiidae |
| Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae |
| Tribe: Oligotrophini |
| Genus: Dasineura |
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| Common Name Reference: | Furniss, R.L. and Carolin, V.M. 1977. Western forest insects. U.S.D.A. Forest Service. Misc. Publ. 1339, Wash. D.C., 654 pp. |
| Scientific Name Reference: | R.W. Poole and P. Gentili, Nomina Insecta Nearctica. 1996. Nomina insecta nearctica: a checklist of the insects of North America. Vol. 3. Rockville (MD): Entomological Information Services. Available at URL: http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/main.htm |
