| Tamalia coweni | |
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| Tamalia coweni, Manzanita leaf gall aphid | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Genus: | Tamalia |
| Species: | T. coweni |
| Binomial name | |
| Tamalia coweni (Cockerell, 1905) | |
Tamalia coweni, also known as the manzanita leaf gall aphid and the fold-gall aphid, is a species of aphid in the family Aphididae. [1] [2] [3] Tamalia coweni induces galls on most species of glabrous manzanita tree. [4] This aphid actually induces two types of galls: a midrib or margin leaf gall, and a less common inflorescence gall. [4]
Tamalia coweni is common on the Pacific coast of North America and east to Nevada and Colorado. [4] Tamalia inquilina , an inquiline of this species, is found in the Californias. [4] Recently described species Tamalia glaucensis induces leaf galls on big-berry manzanita specifically. [5]
