Unknown q-chrysolepis-vein-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, red, yellow, green
Texture: hairy, hairless
Abundance: occasional
Shape: globular, cluster
Season: Spring
Related:
Alignment: erect, leaning
Walls:
Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Unknown #22
Vein-gall wasp
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Hosts: Quercus chrysolepis

Galls of this wasp are small, round to pear-shaped, and monothalamous, and occur on the ventral midrib of leaves of canyon live oak.

bisexual

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


Further Information:
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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-chrysolepis-vein-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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