Callirhytis q-alba-inside-mature-acorn-gall (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Callirhytis
Hosts: Quercus alba
Detachable: integral
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Location: fruit
Form: hidden cell
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Cynipid Galls of the Chicago Area
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Undetermined species
On Q alba. Similar, less common [to Callirhytis lapillula: On Q bicolor. Cells in a group of as many as 15, shaped like apple seeds, underneath or slightly to one side of the cotyledons, causing the acorn to bulge somewhat on one side. Occurs in fall in large acorns. Flies issue Apr 25-May 16 the second and third springs.]
”- LH Weld: (1928) Cynipid Galls of the Chicago Area©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57505981#page/187/mode/1up
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value q-alba-inside-mature-acorn-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
