Kingdom Animalia Family Cecidomyiidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Fly | Class Insecta Genus Procontarinia Rank Species | |
Similar Fly, Gall midge, Oidium mangiferae, Inostemma, Sternochetus mangiferae | ||
Procontarinia matteiana (also known as Mango gall fly and Leaf-gall midge) is a species of Midge in the genus Procontarinia of the family Cecidomyiidae that can be found in India, Kenya, Mauritius, and Réunion.
Description
The species are 1.5 millimetres (0.059 in) long, with the males being slightly smaller. Both sexes have different antennae size, with males having the longest. Another way to tell a difference between the sexes is by looking at their abdomen. The males have distal claspers on its abdomen. They mate in mid air. The males feed on mango trees early morning.
References
Procontarinia matteiana Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA