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Definition of Lasioptera vitis

Lasioptera vitis
Tomato To*ma"to, n.; pl. Tomatoes. [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.) The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked. Tomato gall (Zo["o]l.), a large gall consisting of a mass of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of grapevines. They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly (Lasioptera vitis). Tomato sphinx (Zo["o]l.), the adult or imago of the tomato worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called also tomato hawk moth. See Illust. of Hawk moth. Tomato worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx, or Macrosila, quinquemaculata) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also potato worm.

Meaning of Lasioptera vitis from wikipedia

- Lasioptera vitis is a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. "Lasioptera vitis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved...
- 1824 i c g Lasioptera viburni Felt, 1907 i c g Lasioptera virgata Skuse, 1890 c g Lasioptera vitis Osten Sacken, 1862 i c g b Lasioptera wildi Skuse...
- Binomial name Neolasioptera vitinea (Felt, 1907) Synonyms Baldratia petiolicola Felt, 1908 Lasioptera riparia Felt, 1909 Lasioptera vitinea Felt, 1907...
- Unita A net-winged midge of uncertain subfamily affinities. Cecidomyiidae Lasioptera †L. recessa Scudder, 1877 Lake Unita A Lasiopterini tribe cecidomyiine...