Orseolia oryzivora

Orseolia oryzivora, also called the African rice gall midge, is a species of small fly in the family Cecidomyiidae. It is a major insect pest of rice crops in Africa.^[2][1]

African rice gall midge
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Genus:	Orseolia
Species:	O. oryzivora
Binomial name
Orseolia oryzivora Harris & Gagné, 1982[1]

Monitoring

Orseolia oryzivora and O. oryzae are morphologically, and even microscopically, indistinguishable, and so DNA differentiation methods have been developed.^[3]