Phylloxera caryaesepta
Hosts: Carya glabra, myristiciformis, texana, cordiformis, tomentosa x pallida
Elongate and slender or short and stout conical projections on both sides of leaf; light rose, crimson, yellowish-green, or light green and crimson towards apex; more convex above than below; elongate and slender galls with a diameter 2.0–4.0 mm; short and stout galls with a diameter of 5.0–12.0 mm; resembling either a thorn or sea anemone. An opening at apex on each side fringed with filaments.
Leaf gall: thorny
Range: AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, OK, SC, TX, VA
”- Fredericka Blair Hamilton: (2019) Species Diversity of Hickory-feeding Phylloxerans (Hemiptera: Phylloxeridae) in the U.S.©