Woodlands Historic Park Galls

galls on Manna Gum stem at Woodlands Historic Park — Galls on Manna Gum stem, caused by a scale insect. The gall on the right, 23mm long, contains a female and the 8mm long gall on the left a male. Late August.

galls on Manna Gum stem at Woodlands Historic Park — End view of female gall.

galls on Manna Gum stem at Woodlands Historic Park — The male galls also occur on leaves.

galls on Manna Gum stem at Woodlands Historic Park — Another female gall. Note cap on orifice indicating gall is not quite mature.

Classification

statistics from Australian Faunal Directory

Order Hemiptera - bugs, hoppers and scale insects
Family ERIOCOCCIDAE (175 species in Australia)
Genus Apiomorpha
Species Apiomorpha conica

References

Gullan, P.J. (1984) A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Apiomorpha Rubsaamen (Homoptera: Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 97:1-203.