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Definition of Gall insect

Gall insect
Gall Gall, n. [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L. galla.] (Zo["o]l.) An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut. Note: The galls, or gallnuts, of commerce are produced by insects of the genus Cynips, chiefly on an oak (Quercus infectoria or Lusitanica) of Western Asia and Southern Europe. They contain much tannin, and are used in the manufacture of that article and for making ink and a black dye, as well as in medicine. Gall insect (Zo["o]l.), any insect that produces galls. Gall midge (Zo["o]l.), any small dipterous insect that produces galls. Gall oak, the oak (Quercus infectoria) which yields the galls of commerce. Gall of glass, the neutral salt skimmed off from the surface of melted crown glass;- called also glass gall and sandiver. --Ure. Gall wasp. (Zo["o]l.) See Gallfly.

Meaning of Gall insect from wikipedia

- This applies particularly to insect and mite plant galls. The study of plant galls is known as cecidology. Plant galls are caused by a wide range of...
- observation of the galls produced rather than of the insect itself. A gall protects the developing gall wasp for the most vulnerable stage of its life cycle...
- This is a list of insect galls arranged into families. Podapion gallicola Saperda fayi Thorn-limb Borer Saperda populnea Small Poplar Borer Weevils Ampeloglypter...
- A gall-inducing insect is any insect that can cause the growth of galls within plants. There are several groups of insects that meet this description....
- gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls...
- hardened, bulbous chamber referred to as a gall. E. solidaginis’s interactions with its host plant(s) and insect, as well as avian, predators have made it...
- The pineapple gall adelgid (Adelges abietis) is a species of conifer-feeding insect that forms pineapple-shaped plant galls on its host species, commonly...
- is an insect gall with both plant and animal components: an adult female scale insect and her offspring (of genus Cystococcus) live in a gall induced...
- gall in spring. The level of attack by the insect varies greatly from year to year. Gall Oak apple Oak marble gall Oak artichoke gall Pineapple gall Rose...
- gall wasp which causes a gall known as the rose bedeguar gall, bedeguar gall wasp, Robin's pincushion, mossy rose gall, or simply moss gall. The gall...