Garuga pinnata explained

Garuga pinnata is a deciduous tree species from the family Burseraceae.

It occurs in Asia: from the Indian sub-continent, southern China and Indo-China; in Vietnam it may be called dầu heo. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.

Description and ecology

Plant galls may occur on G. pinnata caused by Phacopteron lentiginosum (Psylloidea: Phacopteronidae), whose populations may be regulated by parasitoids.^[1]

References

1. Description of two new species of Psyllaephagus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitizing Phacopteron lentiginosum Buckton (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), a leaf gall-former of Garuga pinnata Roxburgh (Burseraceae). Sudhir. Singh. Karan Pal. Singh. Zootaxa. 20 May 2011. 2885 . 33–43 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2885.1.4. 19 May 2015.

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