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| Acericecis ocellaris | |
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| Larva (top) and Leaf gall caused by Acericecis ocellaris (bottom) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Acericecis |
| Species: | A. ocellaris
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| Acericecis ocellaris (Osten Sacken, 1862)
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Acericecis ocellaris, known generally as ocellate gall midge, is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. Other common names include the maple eyespot gall and maple leaf spot gall.[1][2][3][4]
This species induces blister-like galls on the leaves of maples in the Nearctic, including Acer circinatum, A. pensylvanicum, A. rubrum, A. saccharinum, A. saccharum, and A. spicatum.[5][6]
The species was first described by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken in 1862 as Cecidomyia ocellaris.[5] It is the type species of the genus.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Acericecis ocellaris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "Acericecis ocellaris species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "Acericecis ocellaris". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "Acericecis ocellaris Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ a b c Gagne, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2025). Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae of the World (6th ed.). doi:10.5281/zenodo.15409750. ISBN 978-0-9863941-5-7.
- ^ "Gallformers". gallformers.org. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
Further reading
[edit]- Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2014). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (PDF) (Report). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 18, 2014.
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