Phylloteras q-stellata-spangle-gall (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Phylloteras
Hosts: Quercus stellata
Detachable: detachable
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Shape: spangle/button
Season: Fall
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Location: lower leaf, between leaf veins
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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.
Cynipid galls of the eastern United States
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Quercus stellata
Leaf galls, detachable
Cup-shaped spangle in the fall. Fig 224. AR, MO, TX. Never reared.
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Xysoteras sp. On Q stellata. Collected in TX in Oct. Wingless adults emerged Mar 25 the second spring. Never described.
- LH Weld: (1959) Cynipid galls of the eastern United States©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/273718#page/88/mode/1up
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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-stellata-spangle-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
