Leandra acutiflora (Naudin) Cogn.

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

Leandra acutiflora (Naudin) Cogn. (n = 1)

Gall: on stem, fusiform,green, glabrous,one-chambered ( Fig. 13A ). Gall-inducer: Lepidoptera . Trail: Teresópolis: Cachoeira Ceci-Peri (13.IX.2021).

First gall record on this plant species.

Several galls on other Leandra species and morphospecies are known from MG ( Fernandes et al., 2001; Maia & Fernandes, 2004; Carneiro et al., 2009), Parque Nacional do Itatiaia ( Maia & Mascarenhas, 2017), SP ( Maia et al., 2008) and RS (MendonÇa-Jr. et al., 2014).

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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.