Disholcaspis canescens (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Disholcaspis
Detachable: detachable
Color: gray, pink, green, tan
Texture: pubescent, honeydew, hairy
Abundance: common
Shape: globular, sphere
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form: bullet
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Round Honeydew Gall Wasp
Synonymy: 
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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Disholcaspis canescens
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This cynipid wasp induces densely hairy, monothalamous, detachable, round, silvery, slightly mottled bud galls on blue and scrub oaks. The silvery-gray bloom that covers the galls rubs off easily.
Hosts:
Quercus douglasii
Quercus berberidifolia
- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
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