Orseolia oryzae

TaxID: 33408

Basic Information

Orseolia oryzae

Asian rice gall midge, Paddy Gall Fly

Orseolia oryzae, also called the Asian rice gall midge, is a species of small fly in the family Cecidomyiidae. It is a major insect pest of rice. The damage to the crop is done by the larvae which form galls commonly known as "silver shoots" or "onion shoots". The rice plant is stunted and the seed heads fail to develop.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Diptera

Cecidomyiidae

Orseolia

oryzae

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Photos (0 photos)

No photos available.

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (2 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Oryza Host
Oryza sativa Host

Quarantine Status (10 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Brazil Absent 2018
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Ghana Quarantine pests —
Guinea Quarantine pests —
Greece Quarantine pests —
Japan Quarantine pests —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Malaysia Quarantine pests —
Peru Absent —
United States of America Quarantine pest 1994

Distribution (29 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

15
Present
14
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Benin Absent —
Burkina Faso Absent —
Bangladesh Present —
Cambodia Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Absent —
Cameroon Absent —
Gambia Absent —
Guinea-Bissau Absent —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature