Mollinedia schottiana (Spreng.) Perkins

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 : 31

Mollinedia schottiana (Spreng.) Perkins (n = 1)

Gall: on leaf,marginal roll,green,glabrous( Fig.16F ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trail: Teresópolis: Suspensa (26.XI.2021).

Goetz et al. (2018) reported a bud gall on this plant and MendonÇa-Jr. et al. (2014) three different stem galls, all in RS. Other congeneric species host galls in PE ( Santos et al., 2011), Parque Nacional do Itatiaia ( Maia & Mascarenhas, 2017), PR ( Santos & Ribeiro, 2015), and RS ( Goetz et al., 2018).

Figures

Figure 16. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ,Brazil):(A-C) On Meliaceae:(A) On Guarea macrophylla subsp.tuberculata (Vell.) T.D. Penn., leaf gall,(B-C) OnTrichilia silvaticaC.DC.:(B) leafgall,(C) bud gall,(D-F) OnMonimiaceae:(D-E) OnMollinedia glabra (Spreng.) Perkins:(D) bud gall,(E) stemgall,(F)On Mollinedia schottiana (Spreng.) Perkins, leaf gall, (G) On Sorocea guillemiana Gaudich (Moraceae), bud gall, (H) On Myrsine sp. (Myrsinaceae), leaf gall, (I-O) On Myrtaceae:(I-J) On Campomanesia guaviroba (DC.) Kiaersk.: (I) globoid leaf gall, (J) fusiform leaf vein gall, (K-L) On Eugenia laruotteana Cambess.: (K) conical leaf gall,(L) globoid leaf gall,(M-N) On Eugenia prasina O.Berg.: (M) conical leaf gall,(N) fusiformleaf vein gall,(O) On Eugenia sp.1, leaf gall.