Apiomorpha munita (Four horned Gum-tree Gall)
This insect is known more by its female gall than by the insect itself, a wingless blob which lives inside the gall and is rarely seen. The male is much smaller; it develops inside a correspondingly smaller gall of a different shape. The mature male has wings and flies to a female gall for mating.
If measured to the end of a 'horn', the gall of Apiomorpha munita is the largest in the world.
Apiomorpha munita is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | South Coast
Species information
- Apiomorpha munita Scientific name
- Four horned Gum-tree Gall Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 711m Recorded at altitude
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