Melo Silva, A.F.de, de Oliveira, D.C., & dos Santos Isaias, R.M. 2023 Influence of the sex of galling insects on gall metabolism: The case of eriococcid galls. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 108: 104643

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Notes: For galling Eriococcidae, the feeding activity of female and male insects may have different impact on the metabolic profile of the galls. Accordingly, even under the stimuli imposed by the same species, the morphological peculiarities of Eriococcidae galls are related to sexual dimorphism.