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- Title
DESCRIPTION OF THE LARVA OF LOPHODIPLOSIS TRIFIDA , AN AUSTRALIAN GALL MIDGE (DIPTERA: CECIDOMYIIDAE) AND BIOCONTROL AGENT OF PAPERBARK IN FLORIDA, USA.
- Authors
Gagne, Raymond J.; Wright, Susan A.; Purcell, Matthew F.; Brown, Bradley T.; Pratt, Paul D.; Center, Ted D.
- Abstract
Lophodiplosis trifida Gagné, an Australian gall midge on paperbark, Melaleuca quinquenervia (Myrtaceae), is a recent release in southern Florida for the biological control of that host. The larval stage is described for the first time and compared to that of other Lophodiplosis species. Photos of galls and illustrations of larvae are provided. Second and third instars of L. trifida are unusual among Cecidomyiidae for the lack of setae on most papillae.
- Subjects
FLORIDA; GALL midges; BIOLOGICAL control of insects; MYRTALES; LARVAE
- Publication
Florida Entomologist (Florida Entomological Society), 2009, Vol 92, Issue 4, p593
- ISSN
0015-4040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1653/024.092.0410