Unknown q-alba-red-cone-bud-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable:
Color: red, green
Texture:
Abundance:
Shape: conical
Season: Spring, Summer
Related:
Alignment:
Walls: thick
Location: bud
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Possible Range:i
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Cynipid galls of the eastern United States

Quercus alba
Bud galls
Conical, 3.8 by 2.5 mm, red with green tip, wall thick, at apex of new growth June 24 (DC).

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Never reared. Conical, 3.8 by 2.5 mm, with a green tip, wall thick, at apex of new growth in June on Q alba.

- LH Weld: (1959) Cynipid galls of the eastern United States©

Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/273718#page/115/mode/1up


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