The biology and ecology of the swede midge Contarinia nasturii (Kieffer) (Diptera; Cecidomyidae)
The swede midge Contarinia nasturtii (Kieffer), a member of the family Cecidomyidae (Order, Diptera), is a small insect, the larvae of which induce gall formation on numerous cruciferous plants. Kieffer (1888) first described the midge which he reared from larvae occupying the closed flowers of Nast...
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
1961
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.534685 |