What does oak leaf gall midge eat?
It eats plants, and its larvae eat fungi, decaying plants, and some mollusk pests such as mites.

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Species of Polystepha
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods

Class
Bugs

Order
Flies

Family
Gall midges

Genus
Polystepha

Species
Oak leaf gall midge (Polystepha pilulae)