4 Horned Gall on Grey Box stem (gall of female Apiomorpha munita tereticornuta)

4 horned gall on Grey Box stem at Woodlands Historic Park — Gall on Grey Box stem, caused by a female scale insect. 60mm to tip of horn. Late Feb.

The same species forms galls on Yellow Box.

Classification

statistics from Australian Faunal Directory

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

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.