Disholandricus q-chrysolepis-potato-stem-gall (agamic)

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Disholandricus
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, white, green, tan
Texture: hairless
Abundance: rare
Shape:
Season: Summer, Fall
Related:
Alignment:
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form:
Cells: polythalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Disholcaspis sp. A
Potato-stem-gall wasp
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Hosts: Quercus chrysolepis

Large, polythalamous, potato-shaped detachable stem galls of this wasp occur on canyon live oak.

Summer, unisexual

Range: Mount Shasta area, CA

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


Further Information:
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value q-chrysolepis-potato-stem-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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