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[R] Dipterous family; adult small with long antennae; larva yellow to reddish, with reduced head and legless; pupa enclosed in a cocoon or a puparium; larva saprophagous, zoophagous or phytophagous. Certain species with phytophagous larvae cause severe damage by producing galls. They include the lentil flower midge (Contarinia lentis), the lucerne flower midge (C. medicaginis) and the alfalfa sprout midge (Dasineura ignorata) on the Leguminosae ; the Swede midge (Contarinia nasturtii) and the brassica pod midge (Dasineura brassicae) on the Cruciferae; the pear midge (Contarinia pyrivora) and the raspberry cane midge (Resseliella theobaldi) on fruit crops.

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* Cecidomyiidae: larva and adult (INRA)
1: larva.
2: adult (female).
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