Unknown q-chrysolepis-acorn-hidden-cell

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
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Location: fruit
Form: hidden cell
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Cynipid Galls of the Pacific Slope

Quercus chrysolepis
Acorn galls
Cells in cup of mature acorn with separate exit holes. Fig 187.

Fig. 187. Unknown. Cells in the cup of large acorns of Q. chrysolepis. No sign of their presence until exit holes are seen in March, April, August and September. Seen at Idyllwild, Mt. Wilson, Kyburz, Santa Lucia Mts.

- LH Weld: (1957) Cynipid Galls of the Pacific Slope©

Reference: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924018313555&view=1up&seq=89


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