Unknown q-palmeri-squash-neck-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, orange, green, tan
Texture: pubescent, hairy, mottled
Abundance: occasional
Shape: conical, spindle, cylindrical
Season:
Related:
Alignment:
Walls:
Location: stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Unknown #18
Squash-neck-gall wasp
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Hosts: Quercus palmeri

When fresh, these monothalamous, cylindrical or spindle-shaped galls have a sparse granular coating and are slightly mottled green and brown with an obvious long neck at the apex.

Range: Santa Rosa Mountains and Owen's Peak Wilderness, CA

- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©


Further Information:
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