The gall's range is computed from the range of all hosts that the gall occurs on. In some cases we have evidence that the gall does not occur across the full range of the hosts and we will remove these places from the range. For undescribed species we will show the expected range based on hosts plus where the galls have been observed.
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Created Feb 4, 2026 1:47 PM UTC
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Last updated Feb 4, 2026 1:47 PM UTC
Sedge and rush-feeding psyllids of the subfamily Liviinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psylloidea): a review
Hodkinson I. D. & Bird J.
(2000)
In Livia junci [a Eurasian species] ... it is the hatching larvae, which migrate ... to feed on the growing points of the developing shoots, that induce the formation of the highly characteristic galls (Schmidt, 1966). At high psyllid densities each shoot takes on a rosette growth form and the ... linear leaves become puffy and swollen basally and the tips wither and curl. ... [T]he plant [may] turn[ ]a deep reddish brown. Similar galls are induced by several of the known Livia species.