Trioza centranthi

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Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi.jpg
Forming a gall on red valerian
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Triozidae
Genus: Trioza
Species:
T. centranthi
Binomial name
Trioza centranthi
(Vallot, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Psylla centranthi Vallot, 1829

Trioza centranthi is a sap-sucking hemipteran bug in the family Triozidae which creates galls on the leaves and flowers of Centranthus and Valerianella species.[1][2][3][4] It was first described by Jean Nicolas Vallot, a French entomologist in 1829 and is found in Europe.

Description of the gall[]

The leaf at the tip of the shoot is broader than normal and the edges of the leaf are swollen and turned upwards. The flowers can also be affected and are a tangled leafy mass ().[1] Plants galled include , , red valerian (C. ruber), , , , V. dentata, common cornsalad (V. locusta) and .[5]

Distribution[]

Trioza centranthi is found in Europe from Great Britain and France in the west to the Ukraine in the east.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Blxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (Second ed.). Shrewsbury: FSC Publications. p. 347. ISBN 978 1 85153 284 1.
  2. ^ "Taxonomisk information". www.dyntaxa.se. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  3. ^ "Trioza centranthi | NatureSpot". www.naturespot.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  4. ^ "(Triozidae) Trioza centranthi". www.britishbugs.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  5. ^ Ellis, W N. "Trioza centranthi (Vallot, 1829)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Trioza centranthi (Vallot, 1829)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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