Editorial Type: research-article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Jan 1992
A New Species of Putoniella (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Damaging Leaves of Prunus spp: (Rosaceae) in Southeastern United States
A New Species of Putoniella (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Damaging Leaves of Prunus spp: (Rosaceae) in Southeastern United States
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Article Category: Research Article
Page Range: 85 – 91
A new species of gall midge, Putoniella gracilis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), is described. It infests leaves of plum and peach (Prunus spp.) in southeastern United States. The genus Putoniella is redescribed, and the new species is distinguished from its only congener, the European Putoniella pruni (Kaltenbach), also a pest of Prunus.
Keywords:
Putoniella gracilis
; Cecidomyiidae
Copyright: © 1992 Georgia Entomological Society, Inc. 1992
Contributor Notes
2 Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratories, USDA-ARS, P. O. Box 87, Byron, GA 31008.
Accepted: 02 Jan 1992