Andricus vaccinifoliae (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus chrysolepis / Quercus vacciniifolia
Detachable: detachable
Color: orange, red, green
Texture: bumpy, mottled, spotted
Abundance: common
Shape: sphere
Season: Summer
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Alignment:
Walls: thin, radiating-fibers
Location: stem
Form: oak apple
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy: Pending...
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.
Descriptions of new Cynipidous Galls and Gall-Wasps in the United States National Museum
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Callirhytis vacciniifoliae, new species
Gall
A thin-shelled, globular gall with a central kernel held in place by radiating filaments. It closely resembles the gall produced by Andricus inanis (Osten-Sacken), but it is generally smaller in size and darker in color. The gall measures from 0.5 to just over 1 inch in diameter and is found on Quercus vacciniifolia in California.
Four specimens were reared on October 16 and December 4, 1884, from galls collected by Prof. J. H. Comstock at Truckee, California, on Quercus vacciniifolia.
”- William Ashmead: (1896) Descriptions of new Cynipidous Galls and Gall-Wasps in the United States National Museum©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31780#page/154/mode/1up
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