Tamalia coweni | |
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Tamalia coweni, Manzanita leaf gall aphid | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Family: | Aphididae |
Genus: | Tamalia |
Species: | T. coweni
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Binomial name | |
Tamalia coweni (Cockerell, 1905)
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Tamalia coweni, also known as the manzanita leaf gall aphid and the fold-gall aphid, is a species of aphid in the family Aphididae. [1] [2] [3] Tamalia coweni induces galls on most species of glabrous manzanita tree. [4] This aphid actually induces two types of galls: a midrib or margin leaf gall, and a less common inflorescence gall. [4]
Tamalia coweni is common on the Pacific coast of North America and east to Nevada and Colorado. [4] Tamalia inquilina, an inquiline of this species, is found in the Californias. [4] Recently described species Tamalia glaucensis induces leaf galls on big-berry manzanita specifically. [5]
Tamalia coweni | |
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Tamalia coweni, Manzanita leaf gall aphid | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Family: | Aphididae |
Genus: | Tamalia |
Species: | T. coweni
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Binomial name | |
Tamalia coweni (Cockerell, 1905)
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Tamalia coweni, also known as the manzanita leaf gall aphid and the fold-gall aphid, is a species of aphid in the family Aphididae. [1] [2] [3] Tamalia coweni induces galls on most species of glabrous manzanita tree. [4] This aphid actually induces two types of galls: a midrib or margin leaf gall, and a less common inflorescence gall. [4]
Tamalia coweni is common on the Pacific coast of North America and east to Nevada and Colorado. [4] Tamalia inquilina, an inquiline of this species, is found in the Californias. [4] Recently described species Tamalia glaucensis induces leaf galls on big-berry manzanita specifically. [5]