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Galls induced by insects can be viewed as an extended phenotype of the inducing insect, and gall-inducing insects specialize on their host plants, often to a greater extent than insects that feed on the same plant without creating galls. [2] The gall's form or type depends on what organism is attacking the plant and where the plant is being ...
Leaf galls. This is a list of insect galls arranged into families. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2023) Coleoptera Beetles
Gall-inducing insects are usually species-specific and sometimes tissue-specific on the plants they gall. Gall-inducing insects include gall wasps, gall midges, gall flies, leaf-miner flies, aphids, scale insects, psyllids, thrips, gall moths, and weevils. [36] Many gall insects remain to be described. Estimates range up to more than 210,000 ...
Galls can be found on nearly all parts of such trees, including the leaves, buds, branches, and roots. Other species of gall wasps live in eucalyptus, maple, and many herbs. Species determination is usually much easier through observation of the galls produced rather than of the insect itself.
Pemphigus spyrothecae, or the poplar spiral gall aphid, is a social insect which exhibits apparent altruistic behaviors. The aphids form galls and act as colony defenders, at times sacrificing their own lives to do so.
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The goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis), also known as the goldenrod ball gallmaker, is a species of fly native to North America. The species is best known for the characteristic galls it forms on several species in the Solidago , or goldenrod, genus.
Apiomorpha is a genus of scale insect that induces galls on species of Eucalyptus.Galls are initiated by first-instar nymphs (crawlers) on new plant growth and, when mature, the galls exhibit marked sexual dimorphism.