Unknown q-turbinella-lopsided-stem-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: gray, black
Texture: stiff
Abundance: occasional
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Location: stem
Form: abrupt swelling
Cells: polythalamous
Possible Range:i
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Unknown #47
Lopsided-stem-gall wasp
[page 182]

Hosts: Quercus turbinella

The polythalamous galls of this wasp species do not uniformly encircle the stem but develop on only one side, creating a lopsided appearance.

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


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