Life History, Damage, and Gall Development of the Gall Midge, \u3ci\u3eNeolasioptera Brevis\u3c/i\u3e (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), Injurious to Honeylocust in Michigan

Neolasioptera brevis is univoltine in Michigan. Adults issue in late spring, and females deposit eggs in rows on the lower side of young shoots of honeylocust. Larval eclosion occurs shortly after: there are three larval instars. The gall is polythalamous and may have 20 or more larvae. The third-instar larvae overwinter, and pupation occurs in spring. The gall injury kills sorne shoots, but most damage is cosmetic. One can monitor for adult emergence in late April or May by observing cast pupal cases protruding from the gall. Control, if needed, should be directed at adults