Phylloteras q-alba-red-margin-spangle (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Phylloteras
Hosts: Quercus alba / Quercus macrocarpa
Detachable: detachable
Color: orange, red, yellow
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: spangle/button
Season: Summer, Fall
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls:
Location: lower leaf, between leaf veins, leaf edge
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy: Pending...
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.
Gallformers ID Notes
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Red/orange hairless spangle on the margin of Quercus alba leaves starting in early summer, persisting on the leaf into late September. Differs from Phylloteras poculum in completely lacking any trace of a white-blue glaucous coating. These galls are typically flatter than those of P poculum but occasionally show a raised boss in the center. Usually single, occasionally in groups of 2-3. Observed in Ohio.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©
Further Information:
Pending...
See Also:
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value q-alba-red-margin-spangle on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
