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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Phylloxeroidea » Phylloxeridae » Phylloxera

Genus Phylloxera

Classification · Numbers · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
leaf galls on bitternut hickory - Phylloxera caryaesemen leaf galls on bitternut hickory - Phylloxera caryaesemen Petiole gall - Phylloxera Phylloxeridae, Hickory red leaf gall, under side of leaf - Phylloxera caryaeglobuli galls - Phylloxera caryaesemen St. Andrews leaf gall on Carya ovalis SA_G96 2017 3 - Phylloxera symmetrica gall on hickory - Phylloxera caryaemagna Phylloxera gall - Phylloxera caryaeavellana
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Phylloxeroidea
Family Phylloxeridae
Genus Phylloxera
Numbers
29 species(1)
Remarks
Create diverse leaf galls on hickory. They can vary from small disk-like or button-like galls with a central opening guarded by plant hairs to globular swellings 1/2 inch in diameter on upper or lower leaf surfaces.(1)
The interior of a gall may be densely lined with young giving the appearance of crystals on a geode.(1)
Gall predation by a caterpillar:
Internet References
Aphid species file
Influential Points
OK State U. Pecan phylloxera
NCSU: Ento Phylloxera on hickory
Works Cited
1.Plant Galls and Gall Makers
Ephraim Porter Felt. 1940. Comstock Publishing Company, Inc., Ithaca NY.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 24 May, 2008 - 8:50pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Marci Hess
Last updated 13 October, 2023 - 12:25pm

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