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©