[Taxacom] Miconia amoena Triana & ???

[Mario Blanco]

Dear Alex,
I am almost certain that the white structures in your photos are some 
larval stage of an insect. I have seen very similar ones attached to 
non-melastomataceous plants in Costa Rica. As you can see, they do not 
occur in the leaf axils, as would be expected to be if they were fruits.

I think they are homopterans in superfamily Coccoidea, possibly family 
Kermesidae. In any case, let me know if you find out what they are.

-Mario

Alex Popovkin wrote:
> Images of the sectioned organism have been added (
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/plants_of_russian_in_brazil/4092467446/) and
> observations are continuing...
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