Unknown ambrosia-mealybug-leaf-curl
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Pseudococcidae | Genus: Unknown
Hosts: Ambrosia ambrosioides
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
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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.
Gallformers ID Notes
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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: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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