Mayetiola

Mayetiola
Mayetiola
The Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Cecidomyiinae
Supertribe: Lasiopteridi
Tribe: Oligotrophini
Genus: Mayetiola
Kieffer, 1896
Synonyms
  • Caulomyia Rübsaamen, 1915
  • Chortomyia Kieffer, 1913
  • Mayetia Kieffer, 1896

Mayetiola are a genus of flies from the family Cecidomyiidae. Most species are pests of cereal crops

Species

Contains:

  • M. avenae (Marchal, 1895)
  • M. bimaculata (Rübsaamen, 1895)
  • M. dactylidis Kieffer, 1896
  • M. destructor (Say, 1817)
  • M. hellwigi (Rübsaamen, 1912)
  • M. holci Kieffer, 1896
  • M. hordei Kieffer, 1909
  • M. joannisi Kieffer, 1896
  • M. lanceolatae (Rübsaamen, 1895)
  • M. moliniae (Rübsaamen, 1895)
  • M. phalaris Barnes, 1928
  • M. poae (Bosc, 1817)
  • M. radicifica (Rübsaamen, 1895)