Phylloxera (genus)

Phylloxeridae • Sternorrhyncha • Hemiptera • insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

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Phylloxera notabilis - opened gall on pecan leaf (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Louis Tedders, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Source: IPM Images

Phylloxera Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834

This genus of gall-forming aphids is widely distributed and includes around 50 species. Several species are regarded as plant pests like Phylloxera devastatrix and P. notabilis which infest pecan trees in North America. The well known grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae) belongs to a different genus.

Type species: Phylloxera quercus

Currently, the following species have been entered into the system:

• Phylloxera devastatrix
• Phylloxera notabilis
• Phylloxera russellae