Unknown q-vacciniifolia-petiole-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: detachable
Color: pink, red, green
Texture: hairy
Abundance: common
Shape: globular
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment:
Walls:
Location: petiole
Form:
Cells: polythalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Unknown #30
Petiole-gall wasp

Hosts: Quercus vacciniifolia

This wasp induces round to ovoid galls on the lower petioles of huckleberry oak leaves.

Range: Sierra Nevada, 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-vacciniifolia-petiole-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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