File:Chamaesyce Celastroides Var. Stokesii (5490591549).jpg
Galling on native ʻakoko. Deforms new (terminal) growth and causes these "galls."
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Kīlauea Lighthouse, Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauaʻi
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David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA
Thanks to Scot Nelson for his tentative identification as "probably psyllid* injury."
- Psyllids or 'jumping plant lice' are small phytophagous, phloem feeding insects that are typically monophagous (feed on a single plant) or oligophagous (feed on a few related plants). Together with aphids, coccids and whiteflies they form the monophyletic group, Sternorrhyncha (Homoptera), which is considered basal within the true bugs (Hemiptera).
Chamaesyce celastroides var. stokesii
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