Unknown q-oblongifolia-petiole-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, red, yellow
Texture: hairy
Abundance: occasional
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Season:
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Location: petiole, leaf midrib
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Unknown #43
Petiole-gall wasp
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Hosts: Quercus oblongifolia

The pear-shaped, monothalamous galls of this wasp consume the entire petioles of Mexican blue oak leaves.

Range: Payson AZ

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


Further Information:
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