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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) » Witch Hazel Gall Aphids and Palm Aphids (Hormaphidinae) » Hormaphis » Witch Hazel Cone Gall Aphid (Hormaphis hamamelidis)
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Cone gall aphids - Hormaphis hamamelidis
Copyright © 2009 Beatriz Moisset

Cone gall aphids - Hormaphis hamamelidis
Churchville Nature Center, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 3, 2009
Size: about 1 mm.
Opening in the underside of the leaf. According to this article, Gall cleaning by the aphid Hormaphis betulae, it is beneficial to gall aphids to keep the gall clean. They throw out honeydew and other debris through this hole.

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 4 July, 2009 - 5:32pm
Last updated 19 April, 2019 - 2:15pm

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