Unknown q-marilandica-spike-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, tan
Texture: hairy
Abundance:
Shape: conical
Season: Spring
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls: thin
Location: lower leaf, on leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:

Gallformers ID Notes

A small, narrow, conical gall extending to the lower side of a leaf vein on Quercus marilandica. The type gall was pubescent to a degree similar to the surrounding leaf. A cross-section revealed thin walls containing a single pupa with no additional cell.

Observed in Texas in April.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
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Year
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Gallformers Contributors
2024
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