Callirhytis carmelensis (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Callirhytis
Detachable: detachable
Color: red, green
Texture: stiff, honeydew, mottled
Abundance: occasional
Shape: conical
Season: Spring
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Walls:
Location: fruit
Form: pip
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Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Mottled Acorn Gall Wasp
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.
Plant Galls of the Western United States
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Callirhytis carmelensis
This cynipid wasp induces glossy, mottled galls at the base of acorns of coast live and interior live oaks. I have not found them on California black oaks, even though they are recorded as occurring on this species.
They are maroon or green with light-colored mottling, and each has a small nipple at the apex.
Galls produce honeydew that attracts ants, bees, and yellow jackets.
”- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
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