Mimosa sp.

Flor, Ismael Cividini, Flor, Jandira Chachá Ribeiro & Furtado, Paulo Sérgio do Nascimento, 2018, Insect galls of the Floresta da Cicuta (Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58, pp. 1-12 : 6

Mimosa sp.

Stem gall, globoid, brown, glabrous and one-chambered ( Fig. 2O ).

Galler: Lepidoptera.

Previous records: Galls on Mimosa spp. were record- ed in Caetité (BA) (Nogueira et al., 2016), Paramirim (PE) ( Maia et al., 2010), Xingó (Northeast region) (Carvalho- Fernandes et al., 2012), Ceará ( Gagné & Jaschhof, 2014), Rio Grande do Sul (MendonÇa et al., 2014), Grumari (RJ) ( Oliveira & Maia, 2005).

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Figure 2. Insect galls of the Area of Relevant Ecological Interest Floresta da Cicuta (Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil). (A-B) Asteraceae: (A) Chromolaena sp., leaf gall, (B) Vernonia sp., stem gall, (C) Berberidaceae: Berberis sp., stem gall.(D-F) Bignoniaceae:(D) Adenocalymma comosum, leaf/stem gall, (E) sp.1, stem gall, (F) sp.2, leaf gall.(G-H) Elaeocarpaceae:Sloanea guianensis, (G) leaf roll gall,(H) leaf parenchymal gall. (I-M) Euphorbiaceae:Croton sp.(I) leaf gall,(J) leaf gall,(K) leaf gall (L) leaf gall, (M) Senefeldera verticillata, leaf gall. Fabaceae:(N) Inga acuminate, bud gall,(O) Mimosa sp.,stem gall,(P) sp.1, leaf gall.