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Common Name:
Gall Midge

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass:
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Bibionomorpha
Superfamily: Sciaroidea
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
Tribe: Dasineurini
Species:
Dasineura pellex

Checklist No:

Location:
Prospect Park
Brooklyn, NY
USA
GPS: 40.663647,-73.969359

Date: 5/26/13

Stage:
Sex:
Notes: Host plant is Ash

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Dasineura pellex Cecidomyiidae
Gall Midge
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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