''Ampelomyia vitispomum'' is a species of
gall midge in the family
Cecidomyiidae. It induces
galls
Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...
on
grape plants in eastern North America.
It was first described by
Carl Robert Osten-Sacken in 1878.
References
Cecidomyiinae
Insects described in 1878
Taxa named by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken
Gall-inducing insects
Diptera of North America
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