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Meaning of wheat midge | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
  2. Contarinia tritici (formerly Diplosis t.) that lays its eggs in the flowers of wheat-heads, and whose reddish larvae devour the kernels
  3. Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor
  4. Sitodiplosis mosellana
  5. Lasioptera obfuscata

Equivalents

Suomi tähkäsääski vehnäsääski

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

wheat mildew wheat paste wheat penny Wheat Ridge wheat rust wheat sawfly

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