Cestrum sp.

Flor, Ismael Cividini, Flor, Jandira Chachá Ribeiro & Furtado, Paulo Sérgio do Nascimento, 2018, Insect galls of the Floresta da Cicuta (Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58, pp. 1-12 : 9

Cestrum sp.

Stem gall, globoid, green, glabrous and multi-chambered ( Fig. 4C ).

Associated fauna: Hymenoptera (parasitoid).

Previous records: Galls on Cestrum were recorded in Bertioga (SP) (Maia et al., 2008), Santa Teresa, (ES) ( Maia et al., 2014), Mato Grosso do Sul (Urso-Guimarães et al., 2016). Maia et al. (2008) compiled the records of galls for four host plant species, three galls induced by Aphidae (Hemiptera) and one induced by cecidomyiidae ( Diptera ), found by other authors for the genus Cestrum ( Tavares, 1909; Tavares, 1915; Houard, 1933).

Figures

Figure 4. Insect galls of the Area of Relevant Ecological Interest Floresta da Cicuta (Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil). (A) Sapindaceae: Allophylus edulis, stem gall. Solanaceae: (B) Cestrum intermedium, leaf gall.(C) Cestrum sp., stem gall. (D-M) Not identified: (D) leaf gall,(E) stem gall, (F) stem gall,(G) leaf gall,(H) stem gall, (I) bud gall,(J) stem gall,(K) stemgall,(L) leaf gall(M) leaf gall.