Neuroterus fragilis (sexgen)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Neuroterus
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, red, green
Texture: stiff, hairy, hairless, succulent
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Season: Spring
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: petiole, upper leaf, lower leaf, leaf midrib
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells: polythalamous
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Neuroterus quercicola var. fragilis
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.
An illustrated catalogue of American insect galls
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Neuroterus fragilis
Host: Quercus virens (?) [sic]
Gall spherical, hemispherical or conical, usually succulent, and consisting of a wall that encloses a chamber in which the larval cell lies free; some of these galls are loosely attached to the leaf, but more often they are imbedded in the blade.
”- MT Thompson: (1915) An illustrated catalogue of American insect galls©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37925#page/18/mode/1up
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