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Opisthoscelis beardsleyi
These broadly dome-shaped galls with apical holes are female galls of a gall inducing scale insect. Some leaves also showed small cylidrical galls with apical openings- these were the males of the same species of scale insect (pic 3). Pic 2 shows galls of both sexes on the one leaf.
The underside of the leaf showed slight discolouration and minimal waxy bloom (pic 4).
Spotted on juvenile leaves of a eucalytpus tree ( possibly Eucalyptus goniocalyx) in a nature reserve
Galls induced by this scale insect show sexual dimorphism as can be seen in this spotting. Family; Eriococcidae
Spotted on Sep 26, 2014
Submitted on Sep 27, 2014
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