Heteroecus devorus

Cynipidae

Heteroecus

Quercus chrysolepis

Arizona

California

Nevada

New Mexico

Oregon

New Cynipid Wasps from California (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

Cynipid Galls of the Pacific Slope

Cynipid galls of the southwest

Heteroecus devorus (sexgen)

Unknown gall.

Q. chrysolepis, vaccinifolia
Leaf galls, integral
Hard, smooth, lenticular parenchyma thickening, single or groups. Fig 128.

Fig 128. Empty in June to Aug. Unknown gall. X 5. Q-agrifolia and wislizeni [apparently a mistake--the same picture is listed on Quercus chrysolepis in Weld's 1960 book]. May be same as Fig. 125 [tentatively listed as [Callirhytis quercussuttoni sexgen](https://www.gallformers.org/gall/1319)]

Quercus wilcoxii [chrysolepis]
Leaf galls
Integral
Hard smooth parenchyma thickenings, single or in numbers, Fig 116.

Heteroecus devorus, New Species
Bisexual generation

Hosts: Quercus chrysolepis

Gall (Fig. 1E).—A small, monothalamous leaf blister 2.3 mm in length. The galls are visible on both surfaces of the new leaves and mature rapidly. Adults emerge from the upper surface of the gall 24 May-7 June. 

Range: Pasadena CA

Heteroecus devorus
Blister-gall wasp

Hosts: Quercus chrysolepis

The small, monothalamous, integral, spring galls of this wasp protrude from both sides of leaves of canyon live oak.