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

Quadrastichus mendeli

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).