Dryocosmus asymmetricus (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Dryocosmus
Hosts: Quercus chrysolepis
Detachable: integral
Color: brown
Texture: stiff, ruptured/split
Abundance: common
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Season: Summer
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Alignment: integral
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Location: stem
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Common Name(s): Split Twig Gall Wasp
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Plagiotrichus asymmetricus
Image by LH Weld © Public Domain / CC0
Image by LH Weld © Public Domain / CC0Our 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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Dryocosmus asymmetricus
This wasp induces integral, polythalamous stem galls that rupture and split, exposing a nest-like cluster of larval chambers resembling a clutch of brown, elliptical eggs.
Host:
Quercus chrysolepis
- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
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