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.
| Trioza centranthi | |
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| Forming a gall on red valerian | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Triozidae |
| Genus: | Trioza |
| Species: | T. centranthi
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| Binomial name | |
| Trioza centranthi (Vallot, 1829)
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Description of the gall
editThe 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 (phyllanthy).[1] Plants galled include Centranthus angustifolius, C. calcitrapa, red valerian (C. ruber), Fedia cornucopiae, Valerianella carinata, V. coronata, V. dentata, common cornsalad (V. locusta) and V. rimosa.[5]
Distribution
editTrioza centranthi is found in Europe from Great Britain and France in the west to Ukraine in the east.[6]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Taxonomisk information". www.dyntaxa.se. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ "Trioza centranthi | NatureSpot". www.naturespot.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ "(Triozidae) Trioza centranthi". www.britishbugs.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ Ellis, W N. "Trioza centranthi (Vallot, 1829)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Trioza centranthi (Vallot, 1829)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 29 December 2019.