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Wheat Blossom Midges (Cecidomyidae, Diptera). Differences between Contarinia tritici (Kirby) and Sitodiplosis mosellana (Géhin)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

H. F. Barnes
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station.

Extract

It is highly regrettable that in the past whenever Cecidomyid or midge larvae have been found in ears of wheat the presumption has been that the species concerned was the wheat midge, and it was therefore recorded as Contarinia tritici (Kirby).

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Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1928

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References

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