Callirhytis eldoradensis (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Callirhytis
Hosts: Quercus agrifolia / Quercus wislizeni
Detachable: detachable
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Abundance: common
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Season: Spring
Related: Callirhytis eldoradensis (sexgen)
Alignment:
Walls:
Location: bud
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Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Acorn Gall Wasp (unisexual generation)
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.
Biology of three Callirhytis gall wasps from Pacific slope Erythrobalanus oaks (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
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Callirhytis eldoradensis [unisexual generation]
Twigs contained green spherical bud galls about four mm in diameter with white basal hairs. The galls abort the apical meristem and are surrounded basally by the bud scales.
Host:
Quercus wislizenii
- D C Dailey, T Perry, C M Sprenger: (1974) Biology of three Callirhytis gall wasps from Pacific slope Erythrobalanus oaks (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53913195#page/62/mode/1up
Further Information:
Pending...
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