Lauritrioza
Genus of bugs
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Lauritrioza is a monotypic genus of sap-sucking Psyllid bugs in the family Triozidae.[2] The single species Lauritrioza alacris (originally described as Trioza alacris) creates galls on the leaves of Laurus species: mostly in Europe, including the British Isles, but also introduced to western N. America.[2]
| Lauritrioza | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Triozidae |
| Genus: | Lauritrioza Conci & Tamanini, 1986[1] |
| Species: | L. alacris |
| Binomial name | |
| Lauritrioza alacris (Flor, 1861) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trioza alacris Flor, 1861 | |
Description of the gall
Lauritrioza alacris causes the edges of leaves to thicken and roll downwards forming pale, elongated pouches. The galls can house two generations in a summer, of up to thirty pale-green nymphs, which are covered in a white wax. Adults can also be found in the gall. The adults usually overwinter in leaf litter but can also spend the winter in the gall.[3] Species of Laurus galled include the Azores laurel (Laurus azorica), bay tree (Laurus nobilis), Laurus novocanariensis and Persea indica.[4]
