Cynipidae

Diplolepis

Rosa californica

California

Oregon

Diplolepis tuberculator

Diplolepis tuberculator var descansonis, rubriderma, sierranensis [all given the same desription]

Rosa sp.
Stem swellings
Stem swelling

Cynipid Galls of the Pacific Slope

Diplolepis tuberculator (Ckll.). 

Rosa sp.
Abrupt, somewhat spherical reddish-yellow stem swellings, 25–58 mm. in dia., many-celled. Original description makes no mention of spines but specimens so labeled in U. S. N. M. bear scattered spines. West Cliff, Colorado.


Cynipid galls of the southwest

Diplolepis tuberculator (Cockerell, 1888) 

Nomenclature: Diplolepis   tuberculatrix  (Cockerell,   1888)   |   Rhodites   tuberculator  Cockerell,   1888   |Diplolepis   tuberculatrix  var.   coloradensis  form   coloradensis  Kinsey   &   Ayres,   1922   |Diplolepis tuberculatrix var. coloradensis form subcoloradensis Kinsey & Ayres, 1922 |Diplolepis   tuberculatrix  var.    wasatchensis  Kinsey   &   Ayres,   1922   |    Diplolepistuberculatrix  var.    versicolor  Kinsey   &   Ayres,   1922   |   Diplolepis   tuberculatrix  var melanderi  Kinsey   &   Ayres,   1922   |   Diplolepis   tuberculatrix  var.   rubriderma  Kinsey   &Ayres,   1922   |   Diplolepis   tuberculatrix  var.    sierranensis  Kinsey   &   Ayres,   1922   |Diplolepis tuberculatrix var. descansonis Kinsey & Ayres, 1922

Feeds on: Induces galls on Rosa L. sp. [R californica selected as a placeholder]

Distribution: United States: California, Colorado, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oregon,Utah, Washington