Tamalia coweni, also known as the manzanita leaf gall aphid and the fold-gall aphid, is a species of aphid in the family Aphididae.[1][2][3] Tamalia coweni induces galls on most species of glabrous manzanita tree.[4] This aphid actually induces two types of galls: a midrib or margin leaf gall, and a less common inflorescence gall.[4]

Tamalia coweni
Tamalia coweni, Manzanita leaf gall aphid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Tamalia
Species:
T. coweni
Binomial name
Tamalia coweni
(Cockerell, 1905)

Tamalia coweni is common on the Pacific coast of North America and east to Nevada and Colorado.[4] Tamalia inquilina, an inquiline of this species, is found in the Californias.[4] Recently described species Tamalia glaucensis induces leaf galls on big-berry manzanita specifically.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Tamalia coweni". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  2. ^ Favret, Colin (2019). "species Tamalia coweni (Cockerell, 1905)". Aphid species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  3. ^ a b c d Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 37 (glabrous), 273–274 (fold-gall aphid). doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. OCLC 1239984577. S2CID 238148746.
  4. ^ Miller, D. G.; Pike, K. S.; Foottit, R. G.; Maw, H. E. L. (January 2023). "Three new species of Tamalia (Hemiptera, Aphididae, Tamaliinae) associated with leaf galls on Arbutus, Arctostaphylos, and Comarostaphylis in North America". The Canadian Entomologist. 155: e13. doi:10.4039/tce.2022.41. ISSN 0008-347X.