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gall gnat

DEFINITIONS OF: gall gnat

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n fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants

Synonyms:
gall midge, gallfly
Types:
Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor
small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
Type of:
dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
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