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Species of fly
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]
Monitoring
Orseolia oryzivora and
O. oryzae are morphologically, and even microscopically, indistinguishable, and so DNA differentiation methods have been developed.
[3]
References
^
a
b Harris, K. M; Gagné, R. J. (1982). "Description of the African rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzivora sp. n., with comparative notes on the Asian rice gall midge, O. oryzae (Wood-Mason) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)".
Bulletin of Entomological Research . 72 (3).
Cambridge University Press (CUP): 467–472.
doi :
10.1017/s000748530001364x .
ISSN
0007-4853 .
^
Heath, Jeffrey .
"Guide to insects, arthropods, and molluscs of northern Dogon country" . Archived from
the original on 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2021-02-26 .
^ Harris, M. O.; Stuart, J. J.; Mohan, M.; Nair, S.; Lamb, R. J.; Rohfritsch, O. (2003). "Grasses and Gall Midges: Plant Defense and Insect Adaptation".
Annual Review of Entomology . 48 (1).
Annual Reviews : 549–577.
doi :
10.1146/annurev.ento.48.091801.112559 .
ISSN
0066-4170 .
PMID
12460937 .