Macrodiplosis niveipila

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Macrodiplosis niveipila is a species of gall midge in the family Cecidomyiidae. The larvae form galls on red oak leaves. Its classification is: Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Arthropoda; Class Insecta; Order Diptera; Family Cecidomyiidae; Genus Macrodiplosis; Species niveipila. The binomial name is Macrodiplosis niveipila, described by Osten Sacken in 1862. It has a synonym: Cecidomyia niveipila.