Stenodiplosis sorghicola, the sorghum midge, is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae.[1][2][3][4] It is a pest of millets. The species is native to Africa and is also found in India. During the rainy season, it feeds on the developing grains of pearl millet plants.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Sciaroidea |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Stenodiplosis |
| Species: | S. sorghicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Stenodiplosis sorghicola (Coquillett, 1899)
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Anatomy
editThe head is yellow in colour with the antennae and legs being brown . The thorax and abdomen are orange red, the wings grey hyaline. The males are shorter than the female with the former being about 1.3 mm and the later about 1.6 mm. The two sexes can be easily differentiated by the presence of their well-developed ovipositor. [6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Contarinia sorghicola Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ "Contarinia sorghicola species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ "Contarinia sorghicola". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ "Contarinia sorghicola Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC 967265246.
- ^ "Stenodiplosis - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
Further reading
edit- Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.
- Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2014). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (PDF) (Report). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA.
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