Unknown q-muehlenbergii-straight-sigma-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: detachable
Color: white, green
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: linear
Season: Summer, Spring
Related:
Alignment: supine
Walls:
Location: lower leaf, on leaf veins
Form:
Cells:
Possible Range:i
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Cynipid galls of the eastern United States

Quercus muehlenbergii
Leaf galls, detachable
Similar to [Phylloteras sigma] above but straight and without a scar in center, green, on a vein. Fig 313. Manhattan KS, June 27.

[Photo caption]
Similar to Phylloteras sigma but straight and without a scar in center, green, on a vein on Q muehlenbergii in June at Manhattan, KS.

- LH Weld: (1959) Cynipid galls of the eastern United States©

Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/273718#page/131/mode/1up


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