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Species of fly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orseolia oryzivora, also called the African rice gall midge, is a species of small fly in the family Cecidomyiidae. It is a major insect pest of rice crops in Africa.[2][1]
African rice gall midge | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Genus: | Orseolia |
Species: | O. oryzivora |
Binomial name | |
Orseolia oryzivora Harris & Gagné, 1982[1] | |
Orseolia oryzivora and O. oryzae are morphologically, and even microscopically, indistinguishable, and so DNA differentiation methods have been developed.[3]
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