Liothrips ilex
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Phlaeothripidae | Genus: Liothrips
Hosts: Heteromeles arbutifolia
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: hairless
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Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
Form: leaf curl
Cells: not applicable
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Toyon thrips
Synonymy: Pending...
Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Thrips of economic importance in California
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Rhynchothrips ilex
California toyon thrips
The larvae, after hatching, feed together with the adults on the new growth, causing the leaves to become distorted, curled, or even killed.
”- Stanley Bailey: (1938) Thrips of economic importance in California©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121796#page/64/mode/1up
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