Epichrysocharis burwelli

Family: Eulophidae | Genus: Epichrysocharis
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, red
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Location: upper leaf, lower leaf
Form: leaf blister
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An Introduced Species of Epichrysocharis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) Producing Galls on Eucalyptus in California with Notes on the Described Species and Placement of the Genus

The galls ... appear as small reddish or brownish blisters on the surface of the leaf ... [A] single gall produces a blister on both surfaces ... [E]mergence holes[, which] can be seen on both sides of a single leaf ... are round and tend to be in the center of the gall. The galls can be quite numerous ... in excess of 40 in a single square centimeter.

- Schauff, M.E. & Garrison, R. : (2000) An Introduced Species of Epichrysocharis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) Producing Galls on Eucalyptus in California with Notes on the Described Species and Placement of the Genus©


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