List of insect galls

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Leaf galls

This is a list of insect galls arranged into families.

Contents

Coleoptera Beetles

Brentidae Straight-snouted Weevils

Cerambycidae Longhorn beetle

Curculionidae Weevills

Weevils

Diptera Flies

Anthomyiidae Anthomyiid Flies

Agromyzidae Leaf-Miner Flies

Cecidomyiidae Gall Midges

Tephritidae Fruit Flies

Hemiptera

Adelgidae

Aphididae

Aphalaridae

Coccidae (soft scale)

Eriococcidae felt scales

Phylloxeridae

Psyllidae

Triozidae Jumping Plant Lice

Hymenoptera

Cynipidae Gall wasps

Eriococcidae Felt Scales

Eulophidae

Tenthredinidae

Lepidoptera Moths and Butterflies

Cosmopterigidae cosmet moths

Elachistidae a Moth genus

Gelechiidae Twirler Moths

Heliozelidae

Momphidae Mompha Moths

Nepticulidae Midget Moths

SesiidaeClearwing moths

Tortricidae Tortrix Moths or Leafroller Moths

Thysanoptera Thrips

Phlaeothripidae Tube-tailed Thrips


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Galls or cecidia are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to benign tumors or warts in animals. They can be caused by various parasites, from viruses, fungi and bacteria, to other plants, insects and mites. Plant galls are often highly organized structures so that the cause of the gall can often be determined without the actual agent being identified. This applies particularly to insect and mite plant galls. The study of plant galls is known as cecidology.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gall wasp</span> Family of wasps

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<i>Solidago canadensis</i> Species of flowering plant

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cecidomyiinae</span> Subfamily of flies

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cynipini</span> Tribe of wasps

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