CreatureData

Cigar gall

Lipara lucens Meigen, 1830

Status not recordedinsects

The cigar gall (Lipara lucens) is a species in the family Chloropidae, order Diptera.

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about the cigar gall

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cigar gall live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cigar gall as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the cigar gall endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cigar gall classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyChloropidae
  6. genusLipara
  7. SpeciesLipara lucens Meigen, 1830

Synonyms Gymnopoda tomentosa, Homalura grisea

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Stor cigargalle-fritflueDanish
  • Schilf-HalmfliegeGerman
  • SigaargalvliegDutch
  • Тростниковая мухаRussian
  • vassfritflugaSwedish
  • Grote rietsigaargalvliegDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cigar gall

Other species in the same genus Lipara.

CompareCigar gall vs Lipara australisCigar gall vs Lipara balticaCigar gall vs Lipara brevipilosaCigar gall vs Lipara frigida

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cigar gall an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cigar gall as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the cigar gall?

The cigar gall (Lipara lucens) belongs to the family Chloropidae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cigar gall (Lipara lucens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cigar-gall

MLA

“Cigar gall (Lipara lucens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cigar-gall.

BibTeX
@misc{cigar_gall_2026,
  title = {Cigar gall (Lipara lucens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cigar-gall},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}