Trioza alacris
Appearance
Trioza alacris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Family: | Triozidae |
Genus: | Trioza |
Species: | T. alacris
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Binomial name | |
Trioza alacris Flor, 1861 [1]
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Synonyms | |
Lauritrioza alacris [2] |
Trioza alacris is a sap-sucking hemipteran bug in the family Triozidae which creates galls on the leaves of Laurus species. It is found in Europe.
Description of the gall
[edit]Trioza alacris causes the edges of leaves to thicken and roll downwards forming pale, elongated pouches. The galls can house two generations in a summer, of up to thirty pale-green nymphs, which are covered in a white wax. Adults can also be found in the gall. The adults usually overwinter in leaf litter but can also spend the winter in the gall.[3] Species of Laurus galled include the Azores laurel (Laurus azorica), bay tree (Laurus nobilis), Laurus novocanariensis and Persea indica.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Trioza alacris Flor, 1861". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ a b Ellis, W N. "Trioza alacris Flor, 1861". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Chinery, Michael (2011). Britain's Plant Galls. Old Basing, Hampshire: WILDGuides Ltd. p. 34. ISBN 978-190365743-0.