Croton echinocarpus Müll. Arg.

Maia, Valéria Cid & Mascarenhas, Bernardo, 2023, Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (Rio de Janeiro State, Southeastern Brazil), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63, pp. 1-56 : 19

Croton echinocarpus Müll. Arg. (n = 1)

Gall: on stem, fusiform, brown, with short trichomes, one-chambered ( Fig. 8K ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trails: Teresópolis: Primavera (13.IX.2021), Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel entrance (14.IX.2021), Centro de OperaÇÕes (28.III.2022).

First record of gall on this plant species.

Many authors reported galls on other congeneric species and morphospecies as Almada & Fernandes (2011) in AM, Marinho et al. (2023) in RN, CE and PB, Urso-Guimarães et al. (2017) in MS, Vieira et al. (2018) in BA, Carneiro et al. (2009), Maia & Fernandes (2004), Malves & Frieiro-Costa (2012) in MG, Carvalho-Fernandes et al. (2016) in RJ, Maia & Mascarenhas (2017) in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Ribeiro et al. (2019) and Urso-Guimarães et al. (2003) in SP.

Figures

Figure 8. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil): (A-B) On Bignoniaceae: (A) On Bignoniaceae sp. 1, leaf gall, (B) On Bignoniaceae sp. 2, stem and leaf petiole gall, (C) On Varronia sp. (Boraginaceae), bud gall, (D) On Rhipsalis olivifera N.P. Taylor & Zappi (Cactaceae), leaf gall, (E) On Celastraceae sp., leaf gall, (F-G) On Clusiaceae: (F) On Clusia lanceolata Camb., leaf gall, (G) On Tovomitopsis paniculata (Spreng.) Planch & Triana, leaf gall, (H) On Cayaponia sp. 2 (Curcubitaceae), leaf petiole, (I) On Dioscorea laxiflora Mart. ex Griseb. (Dioscoreaceae), leaf petiole, (J) On Polybotrya sp. (Dryopteridaceae), leaf petiole, (K-L) On Euphorbiaceae:(K) On Croton echinocarpus Müll. Arg.,stem gall,(L) On Croton floribundus Spreng.,leaf gall.