Craneiobia tuba
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| Craneiobia tuba | |
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| The gall formed by C. tuba, on the leaf of Cornus drummondii, Lincoln, NE, 2025 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
| Genus: | Craneiobia |
| Species: | C. tuba |
| Binomial name | |
| Craneiobia tuba (Stebbins, 1910) | |
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| Craneiobia tuba range, estimated with the iNaturalist Geomodel, 2025 | |
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Craneiobia tuba is a species of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae.[1][2] The flies are known for inducing long cylindrical galls on four dogwood species: C. amomum, C. drummondii, C. racemosa, and C. sericea.[3][4] The galls form on the midrib or leaf veins, and are generally red or green and hairy.[4]
