Miconia sp. 4

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 : 29

Miconia sp. 4 (n = 2)

Gall: on leaf, globoid, brown, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 14B ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trails: Teresópolis: Primavera (13.IX.2021), Cartão Postal (15. IX.2021), 360 (26.X.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021).

Gall: on bud, conical, wrinkled, green, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 14C ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae .

Trails: Teresópolis: Primavera (15.IX.2021), Cartão Postal (15.IX.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021).

Figures

Figure 14. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos(RJ,Brazil):(A-L) On Melastomataceae:(A) On Miconia sp.3, leaf gall,(B-C) On Miconia sp.4: (B) leaf gall,(C) bug gall, (D) On Miconia sp.5, leaf gall, (E) On Miconia sp.6, leaf gall,(F) On Miconia sp.7, leaf gall, (G-H) On Miconia sp.8: (G) bud gall,(H) leaf gall,(I) On Pleroma sp.1, bud gall,(J) On Pleroma sp.2,leaf petiole gall,(K) On Pleroma sp.3, bud gall, (L) On Pleroma sp.4, bud gall.