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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Aphidoidea » Aphids (Aphididae) » Tamaliinae » Tamalia » Manzanita Leaf Gall Aphid (Tamalia coweni)

Species Tamalia coweni - Manzanita Leaf Gall Aphid

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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 Aphidoidea
Family Aphididae (Aphids)
Subfamily Tamaliinae
Genus Tamalia
Species coweni (Manzanita Leaf Gall Aphid)
Identification
This aphid galls many species of manzanita. It induces pink/red fold galls, either along leaf edges, on the inflorescences, or, on some manzanitas, along the midrib vein. (1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States
Ron Russo. 2006.
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 15 August, 2008 - 2:57am

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