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Image Number: 5174033

Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor (Say, 1817)) (Say, 1817)

Photographer:
Peggy Greb
Organization:
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Descriptor:
Larva(e)
Description:
Once the outer leaves of the wheat seedling are peeled away, Hessian fly larvae can be seen feeding near the base of a susceptible plant (larvae are about 800 micrometers long).
Image type:
Museum
Host:
wheat (Triticum spp. L.)

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Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Bibionomorpha
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
Tribe: Oligotrophini
Genus: Mayetiola
Subject: Mayetiola destructor (Say, 1817)

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Triticum
Subject: Triticum spp. L.
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Image last updated:
Friday, March 9, 2007