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Linden Wart Gall Midge

Contarinia verrucicola

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 15, February 15, March 24, April 48, May 92, June 43, July 60, August 29, September 31, October 25, November 16, December 14.
United States949
Canada431
Ontario385
New York236
Michigan111
Minnesota90
Wisconsin74
Vermont67
New Hampshire53
Pennsylvania48

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderFlies · Diptera
FamilyGall and Forest Midges · Cecidomyiidae
GenusContarinia

Sources

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