Amphibolips q-phellos-leaf-spindle (sexgen)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Amphibolips
Hosts: Quercus phellos
Detachable: detachable
Color: red, green, purple
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Shape: spindle
Season: Spring
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Walls:
Location: leaf edge
Form: oak apple
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Possible Range:i
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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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Amphibolips sp.
Quercus phellos
Leaf galls, detachable
Spindle-shaped, 30-45 mm long at end of a leaf in spring. Old galls only seen. Fig 253. Never reared.
[Photo caption]
Never reared. On Q phellos. Old galls seen in Mo and Ark in Oct.
- LH Weld: (1959) Cynipid galls of the eastern United States©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/273718#page/127/mode/1up
Further Information:
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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-phellos-leaf-spindle on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
