Unknown q-palmeri-spindle-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: detachable
Color: white, green, tan
Texture: hairless, mealy
Abundance: occasional
Shape: spindle
Season:
Related:
Alignment:
Walls:
Location: bud, stem
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Unknown #17
Spindle-gall wasp
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Hosts: Quercus palmeri

Single, monothalamous, axillary bud galls on Palmer's oak stems. Galls are smooth or slightly mealy-granular and green when fresh.

Range: Owen's Peak Wilderness and Santa Rosa Mountains CA

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


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