Andricus q-palmeri-oak-apple-gall (agamic)

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Andricus
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown
Texture: hairless
Abundance: occasional
Shape: sphere
Season: Summer, Fall
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Alignment:
Walls: thin
Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Trichoteras sp. A
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Trichoteras sp. A (Andricus sp.)
Oak-apple-gall wasp

Hosts: Quercus palmeri

The monothalamous oak-apple galls of this wasp occur singly or in pairs on the ventral midrib of leaves of Palmer's oak.

summer-fall, unisexual

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


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