Andricus q-chrysolepis-oak-apple-gall (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus chrysolepis
Detachable: detachable
Color: red, yellow, green, tan
Texture: hairless, mottled
Abundance: occasional
Shape: sphere
Season: Spring, Summer
Related:
Alignment:
Walls: thin, radiating-fibers
Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib
Form: oak apple
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Synonymy: 
Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Plant Galls of the Western United States
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Trichoteras sp. B (Andricus sp.) [Russo suggests this may be a variant or close cousin of Andricus coquilletti]
Oak-apple-gall wasp
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Hosts: Quercus chrysolepis
This cynipid wasp induces round, thin-walled, hollow, monothalamous galls on the ventral midrib of leaves of canyon live oak.
Range: central Sierra Nevada, CA
”- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
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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-oak-apple-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
