Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Callirhytis
Detachable: detachable
Color: white, green, purple, tan, UV
Texture: pubescent, hairy, mottled, spotted
Abundance: abundant
Shape: globular, sphere
Season: Summer
Alignment:
Walls: thick
Location: bud, stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Bud Gall Wasp (unisexual generation), Live Oak Bud Gall Wasp
Synonymy: Name
▲Notes
Andricus quercusagrifoliae
Andricus wisliceni
Cynips quercusagrifoliae
Bassett 1881
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.
Descriptions of new Cynipidous Galls and Gall-Wasps in the United States National Museum
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Andricus wisliceni, new species
A small, globular gall, with a slight projection at base where it is attached to the twig; it varies in color from a yellow brown to dark brown, and some are mottled with purple and brown. It is hard, and contains in the center a small larval cell; diameter, 3 to 4 mm.
Nine female specimens, reared October 14, 1886, from galls sent to the National Museum by Mr. Albert Koebele, collected in Sacramento County, California, on Quercus wisliceni.
”- William Ashmead: (1896) Descriptions of new Cynipidous Galls and Gall-Wasps in the United States National Museum©
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