Miconia fasciculata Gardner

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 : 27

Miconia fasciculata Gardner (n = 3)

Gall: on stem, fusiform, woody, brown, glabrous, multichambered ( Fig. 13H ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trails: Teresópolis: 360 (26.X.2021), Mozart Catão (25.V.2022).

Gall: on leaf, ovoid, yellow, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 13I ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trails: Teresópolis: 360 (26.X.2021), Mozart Catão (25.V.2022).

Gall: on bud, globoid, yellow, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 13J ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trail: Teresópolis: 360 (26.X.2021).

Maia et al. (2008) and Carneiro et al. (2009) report- ed different galls on this plant species in SP and MG, respectively.

Figures

Figure 13. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil):(A-M) On Melastomataceae:(A) On Leandra acutiflora (Naudin) Cogn., bud gall, (B) On Meriania paniculata (DC.) Triana, leaf gall, (C) On Meriania sp., leaf gall, (D-G) On Miconia buddlejoides Triana, (D) stem gall, (E) leaf gall, (F) leaf gall, (G) leaf gall, (H-J) On Miconiafasciculata Gardner:(H) stemgall,(I) leaf gall,(J)bud gall,(K) OnMiconia paniculata, stemgall,(L)On Miconia sp.1, stemgall,(M) On Miconia sp.2, stem gall.