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Callococcus
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Callococcus

Callococcus is a genus of Australian scale insect that feeds on species of Leptospermum, Hypocalymma, Kunzea and some other members of the tribes Chamelaucieae and Leptospermeae in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. Callococcus leptospermi induces stem-swelling galls on some species of Leptospermum, and it is considered to be a potential biological control agent of Leptospermum laevigatum in South Africa. The other described species of Callococcus do not induce galls.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Callococcus acaciae

speciesCallococcus acaciae

Callococcus leptospermi

speciesCallococcus leptospermi

Callococcus pulchellus

speciesCallococcus pulchellus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 745918.