Phylloxera subelliptica
Classification
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
- Superfamily: Phylloxeroidea
- Family: Phylloxeridae
- Genus: Phylloxera
- Species: subelliptica
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Phylloxera subelliptica: /fɪlˈlɒksərə sʌbɛˈlɪptɪkə/
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Summary
Phylloxera subelliptica, a member of the Phylloxeridae family, is known for its gall-forming behavior on hickory trees, creating distinct galls that can be observed on petioles and stems.
Physical Characteristics
Forms galls in hickory petioles and stems that are oval and smooth, nearly an inch long, with a slight central depression.
Distribution
Europe and Northern America.
Similar Taxa
- Phylloxera caryaeavellana
- Phylloxera caryaecaulis
- Phylloxera caryaefallax
- Phylloxera caryaefoliae
- Phylloxera caryaeglobuli
- Phylloxera caryaegummosa
- Phylloxera caryaeren
- Phylloxera caryaescissa
- Phylloxera caryaesemen
- Phylloxera caryaesepta
- Phylloxera caryaevenae
- Phylloxera castaneae
- Phylloxera castaneivora
- Phylloxera coccinea
- Phylloxera confusa
- Phylloxera conica
- Phylloxera corticalis
- Phylloxera davidsoni
- Phylloxera deplanata
- Phylloxera depressa
- Phylloxera devastatrix
- Phylloxera foae
- Phylloxera foveata
- Phylloxera foveola
- Phylloxera georgiana
- Phylloxera glabra
- Phylloxera globosa
- Phylloxera ilicis
- Phylloxera intermedia
- Phylloxera italica
- Phylloxera kunugi
- Phylloxera minima
- Phylloxera notabilis
- Phylloxera perniciosa
- Phylloxera picta
- Phylloxera pilosula
- Phylloxera querceti
- Phylloxera quercina
- Phylloxera quercus
- Phylloxera reticulata
- Phylloxera rileyi
- Phylloxera rimosalis
- Phylloxera russellae
- Phylloxera similans
- Phylloxera spinifera
- Phylloxera spinosa
- Phylloxera spinuloides
- Phylloxera stanfordiana
- Phylloxera stellata
- Phylloxera subelliptica
- Phylloxera symmetrica
- Phylloxera texana
- Phylloxera tuberculifera
Tags
- Phylloxera
- hemiptera
- gall
- hickory
- insect