Nothanguina phyllobia

Hosts: Solanum elaeagnifolium

Nematodes infected the blades and petioles of young leaves surrounding the shoot apex. Hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the palisade, pith, cortical, and vascular parenchyma resulted in the formation of confluent leaf, petiole, and stem galls up to 25 cm3 in volume. Externally, leaf galls were irregular, light-green convoluted spheroid bulges distending the abaxial surface. Mature galls contained a cavity.

- JA Skinner, CC Orr, AF Robinson: (1980) Histopathogenesis of the Galls Induced by Nothanguina phyllopia in Solanum elaeagnifolium^©