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Definition of Cecidomyia destructor

Cecidomyia destructor
Hessian Hes"sian, a. Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians. Hessian boots, or Hessians, boot of a kind worn in England, in the early part of the nineteenth century, tasseled in front. --Thackeray. Hessian cloth, or Hessians, a coarse hempen cloth for sacking. Hessian crucible. See under Crucible. Hessian fly (Zo["o]l.), a small dipterous fly or midge (Cecidomyia destructor). Its larv[ae] live between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the Revolution.

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- The Hessian fly or barley midge, Mayetiola destructor, is a species of fly that is a significant pest of cereal crops including wheat, barley and rye....
- Academy of Natural Sciences (1848) Morris, M. H. (1843). "On the Cecidomyia destructor, or Hessian Fly". Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. New Series. 8: 49–52....
- Kieffer, 1904 Blastodiplosis Kieffer, 1912 Camptodiplosis Kieffer, 1912 Cecidomyia Fischer von Waldheim\nMeigen, 1803 Clinodiplosis Kieffer, 1894 Contarinia...