Biology and Characterization of Prodiplosis Longifila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Lime in Florida

Authors

J. E. Pena, University of Florida
Raymond Gagne, ARS
R. Duncan, University of Florida

Date of this Version

9-1989

Comments

Published in Florida Entomologist 72(3) September, 1989.

Abstract

Prodiplosis longifila Gagne (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is a polyphagous, Neotropical species with a known range that extends into southern Florida. This gall midge feeds on the flower ovaries of lime and can cause premature flower abscission. Details of its biology on lime are given, the life stages illustrated, and the three larval instars described in detail.