Box Gall - Psylla buxi
Alternative names
Box Sucker, Boxwood Psyllid
Spanioneura buxi
Spanioneura buxi
Description
The psyllid Psylla buxi cause galls to form on the shoot tips of Box. These galls take the form of pale, cabbage like clusters, the bunched leaves being strongly concave and slightly thickened. During the summer they conceal numerous tiny pale green nymphs covered with white wax.
Identification difficulty
Adult 
Gall 
Habitat
Where Box, the host plant, is present.
When to see it
Adults mature in late summer and lay overwintering eggs
UK Status
Widespread in the UK, and locally common; its distribution is largely dictated by the host plant.
VC55 Status
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
steven lewisPrestwold Hall24 February 2019
Saharima RoenischLeicester Newarke Houses Museum16 February 2021
sueBagworth27 October 2017
Saharima RoenischLeicester Newarke Houses Museum16 February 2021
Graham CalowSapcote garden117 March 2019gall on Box
steven lewisPrestwold Hall24 February 2019
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Saharima RoenischLeicester Newarke Houses Museum16 February 2021
Saharima RoenischLeicester Newarke Houses Museum16 February 2021
sueGlenfield Hospital, garden16 October 2019
David NichollsCatthorpe Manor21 January 2020
