chrysanthemum gall midge

noun

variants or chrysanthemum midge or less commonly chrysanthemum gall fly

: a small orange fly (Diarthronomyia chrysanthemi) forming galls on the flowers and leaves of chrysanthemums especially in greenhouses

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