FIGURE 10. O in Revalidation of Oliera Brèthes (Lepidoptera: Cecidosidae) based on a redescription of O. argentinana and DNA analysis of Neotropical cecidosids

FIGURE 10. O. argentinana gall on S. polygamus branch: (A) apical branches showing lateral galls (indicated by arrow); (B) Detail of the stem bark surface on top of gall chamber; (C) superficially cut gall chamber of the same gall, showing a last instar larva; (D) a longitudinally cut gall, showing the transversal location of the gall chamber in relation to the stem axis; (E) transversal section of a stem through a gall chamber, showing its elliptical shape and location under bark (asterisk indicates gall chamber; arrow points to plant vessels); (F) longitudinally cut gall chamber showing a mature pupa inside; (G) the same gall, showing the pupal exit hole prior emergence; (H) pupal exuvia protruded from the gall exit hole, just after the adult emergence; (I) empty gall chambers (indicated by arrow) on branch after dehiscence of stem bark covering, later on, after adult emergence season. Scale bars = 6, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1.5, 1.5, 2 mm, respectively.