Unknown q-cornelius-mulleri-melon-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: detachable
Color: green
Texture: hairless
Abundance: rare
Shape: globular
Season: Spring
Related:
Alignment:
Walls:
Location: bud
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Unknown #10
Melon-gall wasp
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Hosts: Quercus cornelius-mulleri

This wasp induces round, monothalamous bud galls on Muller's oak in the southern Mojave Desert, California. These spring galls are smooth, glabrous, and dark green, often with faint dark stripes, resembling the skin of a watermelon.

Range: southern Mojave Desert, California

- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©


Further Information:
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