Andricus brunneus (agamic)

Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Andricus
Detachable: detachable
Color: pink, red, purple, tan
Texture: pubescent, hairy
Abundance: common
Shape: globular, sphere, cluster
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment:
Walls: thick
Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib
Form:
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Clustered Gall Wasp
Synonymy:

New American Cynipid Wasps From Galls

Andricus brunneus

These galls are 3-5 mm. in diameter, in a cluster of 4 to 6 on the underside of the leaf. Tan, slightly mottled, slightly pubescent, thick-walled without any radiating fibers or free central cell, dropping in September.

Host:
Quercus douglasii

- LH Weld: (1952) New American Cynipid Wasps From Galls©

Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15672476#page/369/mode/1up


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