Unknown ambrosia-mealybug-leaf-curl

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Pseudococcidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: green
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Season: Summer
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Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: between leaf veins
Form: leaf curl
Cells: not applicable
Possible Range:i
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Gallformers ID Notes

Leaf curl on Ambrosia ambrosioides and likely other species of Ambrosia induced by one of many possible species of mealybug (Pseudococcidae). Often tended by ants. ScaleNET lists 30 species on the genus but none on this host specifically. Observed in Arizona in July.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


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