Miconia buddlejoides Triana

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 buddlejoides Triana (n = 4)

Gall: on stem, fusiform, green, with short trichomes, one or multichambered ( Fig. 13D ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trails: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel entrance (14.IX.2021), Suspensa (26.XI.2021).

Gall: on leaf, conical, green, glabrous ( Fig. 13E ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Teresópolis: Cartão Postal (25.XI.2021).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, intralaminar, yellow or brown, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 13F ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trails: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira do Papel entrance (14.IX.2021), Cartão Postal (15.IX.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021), Suspensa (26.XI.2021).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, green, glabrous ( Fig. 13G ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trail: Teresópolis: Suspensa (26.XI.2021).

First records of gall on this plant species.

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.