apple midge
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English
Noun
apple midge (plural apple midges)
- (obsolete) A small dipterous insect (Lycoriella ingenua), the larva of which bores in apples.
- Any midge whose larvae cause damage to apples.
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See also
Sciara on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Sciara on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
References
- “apple midge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.