Andricus q-arizonica-woolly-russet-gall (agamic)

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Andricus
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, pink, tan
Texture: woolly, hairy
Abundance: common
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Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib
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Cells: polythalamous
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Plant Galls of the Western United States

Andricus sp. A [Russo lists this species as "related to Andricus tecturnarum" but doesn't specify how it differs.]
Woolly-russet-gall wasp
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Hosts: Quercus arizonica, oblongifolia

Individual larval cells occur beneath the long, light brown, pinkish hairs, which appear scraggly and disarrayed.

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


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