Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle, 2004
on Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus spec., Spain, Caceres, los Milanos © Sébastien Carbonnelle
the galling extends into the leaf
Eucalyptus camaldulensis, France, dépt. Var, Le Pradet, lieu-dit “Lou Pigno” © Stéphane Claerbout: galled petiole
galled midrib
opened gall with two gall chambers
galls, attacked by a fungus, and accompanied by some small galls of Ophelimus maskelli
gall
roundish or sausage-shaped swellings of te underside of the midrib, also the petiole or thinner parts of a young shoot. The galled often are red in colour. A gall measures 2 mm, but a single leaf can bear 50 galls. Pupation in the gall.
hostplants
Myrtaceae, monophagous
Eucalyptus camaldulensis.
larva
see Viggiani
notes
Species from Australia, now established in all regions where Eucalyptus are planted.
predators
references
Anagnou–Veroniki, Papaioannou–Souliotis, Karanstasi & Giannopolitis (2008a), Dhahri, Ben Jamaa & Lo Verde (2010a), Floris, Cocco, Buffa ao (2018a), Garonna, Bernardo, Gualtieri ao (2018a), Hrnčić, Radonjić & Perović (2017a), Inghilesi, Cervo, Pennacchio ao (2013a), Mendel, Protasov, Fisher & La Salle (2004a), Mifsud (2012a), Suma, Nucifora, Caleca ao (2018a), Viggiani (2015b).