Tamalia glaucensis

Family: Aphididae | Genus: Tamalia
Detachable: integral
Color: pink, red, green
Texture: hairless
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image of Tamalia glaucensis
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"Three new species of Tamalia (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Tamaliinae) associated with leaf galls on Arbutus, Arctostaphylos, and Comarostaphylis in North America"

"Tamalia glaucensis [is] the only Tamalia aphid known to induce galls on A. glauca.The gall is distinctively flattened and shaped like a lima bean, unlike other Tamalia galls, which tend to be cylindrical ... bright green, ripening to red ..."

- Miller, D.G., Pike, K.S., Foottit, R.G., and Maw, H.E.L.: (2023) "Three new species of Tamalia (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Tamaliinae) associated with leaf galls on Arbutus, Arctostaphylos, and Comarostaphylis in North America"©


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