"wheat midge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wheat midges [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wheat midge (plural wheat midges)
  1. Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
    Contarinia tritici (formerly Diplosis t.) that lays its eggs in the flowers of wheat-heads, and whose reddish larvae devour the kernels
    Synonyms (Contarinia tritici): lemon wheat blossom midge, wheat blossom midge, wheat yellow blossom midge, yellow wheat blossom midge Translations (Contarinia tritici): vehnäsääski (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-wheat_midge-en-noun-2XVvksPN Disambiguation of 'Contarinia tritici': 57 17 13 13 Disambiguation of 'Contarinia tritici': 57 17 13 13
  2. Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
    Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor
    Categories (lifeform): Bibionomorphs
    Sense id: en-wheat_midge-en-noun-GKvtR-dr Disambiguation of Bibionomorphs: 23 30 23 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 36 21 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 57 14 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 35 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 34 22 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 16 52 16 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 49 17 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 19 44 19 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 47 18 18
  3. Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
    Sitodiplosis mosellana
    Translations (Sitodiplosis mosellana): orangegul hvedegalmyg [common-gender] (Danish), tähkäsääski (Finnish), rød hvetegallmygg [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), röd vetemygga [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wheat_midge-en-noun-LF~tyCdK Disambiguation of 'Sitodiplosis mosellana': 0 0 100 0
  4. Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
    Lasioptera obfuscata
    Sense id: en-wheat_midge-en-noun-AWmzzGyH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: orange wheat blossom midge, orange wheat gall midge, wheat orange blossom midge

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