Biology:Trioza centranthi

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Short description: Sap-sucking hemipteran bug

Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi.jpg
Forming a gall on red valerian
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Triozidae
Genus: Trioza
Species:
T. centranthi
Binomial name
Trioza centranthi
(Vallot, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Psylla centranthi Vallot, 1829

Trioza centranthi is a sap-sucking hemipteran bug in the family Triozidae which creates galls on the leaves and flowers of Centranthus and Valerianella species.[1][2][3][4] It was first described by Jean Nicolas Vallot, a French entomologist in 1829 and is found in Europe.

Description of the gall

The leaf at the tip of the shoot is broader than normal and the edges of the leaf are swollen and turned upwards. The flowers can also be affected and are a tangled leafy mass (phyllanthy).[1] Plants galled include Centranthus angustifolius, C. calcitrapa, red valerian (C. ruber), Fedia cornucopiae, Valerianella carinata, V. coronata, V. dentata, common cornsalad (V. locusta) and V. rimosa.[5]

Distribution

Trioza centranthi is found in Europe from Great Britain and France in the west to the Ukraine in the east.[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10704143 entry