Livia maculipennis

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Family: Psyllidae (Psyllid) | Genus: Livia

Hosts: Juncus acuminatus / Juncus elliottii

Detachable: Integral

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Texture: leafy

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Shape: tuft

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Location: flower

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Synonymy (3)

Name	Type	Notes
Livia fimbriata	scientific
Livia coloradensis	scientific
Diraphia maculipennis	scientific

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Photographed in Mississippi in April.

Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.

Further Information (4)

Key to American Insect Galls - EP Felt (1917) [Link]

License: Public Domain / CC0

Gallformers ID Notes - Gallformers Contributors (2026) [Link]

License: Public Domain / CC0

A psyllid gall on Juncus (Livia maculipennis Fitch). - Edith M. Patch (1916) [Link]

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Sedge and rush-feeding psyllids of the subfamily Liviinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psylloidea): a review - Hodkinson I. D. & Bird J. (2000) [Link]