Bassettia catesbaei

Quercus catesbaei [laevis], cinerea [incana]
Stem galls, cells hidden under bark
"Slight wavy swellings at the base of the new shoots, hardly visible to naked eye. Reared Apr 28." Type host [Quercus catesbaei (laevis)]. Entered from lit.

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Described from Q catesbaei [laevis]. "Slight wavy swellings at the base of the new shoots." Type galls show cells in twig with only exit hole to indicate location. Bred Apr 28.

Cynips q. catesbaei n.sp.

Slight wavy swellings at the base of tender new shoots, hardly visible to the naked eye.

Callirhytis quercuscatesbaei Ashmead, 1881

[transferred from Bassettia to Callirhytis]

Biology--Only the sexual generation is known which induces small stem swelling-like galls on Q laevis. Adults emerge in April.

Distribution--FL

Bassettia quercuscatesbaei (Ashmead 1881)

Hosts: Quercus laevis

[Sexual generation stem swelling galls found in Florida in the spring.]