Claim · model-written summary
Aphis clerodendri induces leaf pseudogall formation on native Clerodendrum species.
- Taxon
- Clerodendrum
Clerodendrume1 - Organ / stage
- leafe1
- Interactor
- Aphis clerodendriAphis clerodendrie0pest
- Outcome
- leaf pseudogallse1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Aphis clerodendri Matsumura is newly recorded from Australia”
e1“It induces the formation of leaf pseudogalls on native species of Clerodendrum”
Title
Mary Carver; Nico Blüthgen; Judy F Grimshaw; et al. Australian Journal of Entomology 2003. doi:10.1046/j.1440-6055.2003.00339.x
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Aphis clerodendri galls on Clerodendrum are commonly attended by ants, which penetrate and may nest in them.
- Observation Aphis clerodendri is newly recorded from Australia, known from the Northern Territory, Torres Strait islands and northern Queensland and New South Wales rainforest.
- Observation Aphis clerodendri is newly recorded from Papua New Guinea and Vietnam.
- Observation Aphis clerodendri can now be classified as native to Australia and Australasian in natural distribution, having been known only from eastern Asia.