Research Article

Morphology of the Preimaginal Stages of Lasioptera donacis Coutin (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a Candidate Biocontrol Agent for Giant Arundo Cane

Figure 1

First instars with a mass of black yeasty mycelium (center) at approximately ten days after oviposition. White hyphae are extending out from the old egg clutch into the plant tissues.