Unknown q-oblongifolia-leafy-flower-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, tan
Texture: leafy
Abundance: occasional
Shape:
Season: Spring
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Alignment:
Walls:
Location: flower, stem
Form: leaf curl
Cells:
Possible Range:i
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Leafy-Flower-Gall Wasp
Unknown #35
[Page 164]

Hosts: Quercus oblongifolia

This wasp induces galls near the terminus of branches where flowers form on Mexican blue oak. The initial appearance of these galls is a collection of aborted leaves in disarray with noticeable anthers among the leafy bracts.

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


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