Spotted lanternflies feed by piercing a tree’s bark with their mouthparts to access the sap beneath the surface. In addition to harming trees and forests, this pest can destroy habitats for ...

Cecidomyiidae are one of the most speciose families of Diptera with more than 6,500 described species throughout the world (Gagné & Jaschhof 2017). Most are gall-inducers, being associated with ...

Gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Myrtaceae and their host plants: distribution in Brazilian biomes. 0=absence, 1=only host plant, 2=host plant and gall midge, 3=only gall midge. From the total ...