Ocellate gall midge

• French common name: Cécidomyie ocelligène
• Scientific name: Acericecis ocellaris (Osten Sacken)
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Insecta
• Order: Diptera
• Family: Cecidomyiidae
• Partial list of synonyms:
  • Cecidomyia ocellaris Osten Sacken

Distribution

• Eastern Canada

Canadian Forest Service Publications

Ocellate gall midge

Diet and feeding behaviour

• Phyllophagous: Feeds on the leaves of plants.
  • Gall-forming: Induces the formation of galls and feeds on their tissues.

Information on host(s)

Main host(s)

• Red maple

Photos

Larva within gall under a red maple leaf

Thérèse Arcand

Close-up of galls on maple leaf

Thérèse Arcand

Maple leaves attacked by this insect

Thérèse Arcand