Unknown leafy-manzanita-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, green, tan
Texture: leafy
Abundance:
Shape: cluster, rosette
Season: Spring, Winter
Related:
Alignment:
Walls:
Location: bud, stem
Form:
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Leafy Manzanita Gall
Synonymy:
Name
Notes
Cecidomyia leafy-manzanita-gall
Previous name

Gallformers ID Notes

ERRATA: Gall inducer is believed to be a GALL MIDGE or MOTH not a WASP.

Leafy Manzanita Gall

Gall consisting of atypically shaped leaves/bracts appearing on the bud/stem of numerous species of manzanita. Known observations now range from near Santa Barbara, CA to northern Baja California. If anyone has an opportunity ethically to collect or dissect a specimen in the spring months, that could be helpful. Galls collected in August were empty. There is a very small larval chamber at the base of the gall.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
Author(s)
Year
Title
License
Gallformers Contributors
2024
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

See Also:
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value leafy-manzanita-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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