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Genus Phylloxera

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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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