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Hickory Leafstem Gall Phylloxera

Phylloxera caryaeglobuli

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ohio.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 1, May 17, June 11, July 0, August 0, September 0, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Ohio29
Massachusetts21
New Jersey17
Pennsylvania13
Missouri10
Illinois8
North Carolina8
Arkansas6
Alabama5
New York5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyPhylloxerans · Phylloxeridae
GenusPhylloxeras · Phylloxera

Sources

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Practise Hickory Leafstem Gall Phylloxera with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.