Croton echinocarpus Müll. Arg.

Croton echinocarpus Müll. Arg. View in CoL (n = 1)

Gall: on stem, fusiform, brown, with short trichomes, one-chambered ( Fig. 8K View Figure 8 ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trails: Teresópolis: Primavera ( 13.IX.2021), Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel entrance ( 14.IX.2021), Centro de OperaÇÕes ( 28.III.2022).

First record of gall on this plant species.

Many authors reported galls on other congeneric species and morphospecies as Almada & Fernandes (2011) in AM, Marinho et al. (2023) in RN, CE and PB, Urso-Guimarães et al. (2017) in MS, Vieira et al. (2018) in BA, Carneiro et al. (2009), Maia & Fernandes (2004), Malves & Frieiro-Costa (2012) in MG, Carvalho-Fernandes et al. (2016) in RJ, Maia & Mascarenhas (2017) in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Ribeiro et al. (2019) and Urso-Guimarães et al. (2003) in SP.