Unknown r-trilobata-red-leaf-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Rhus trilobata
Detachable: integral
Color: orange, pink, red, white, yellow, tan
Texture: hairy
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Season: Spring, Summer
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Alignment: erect
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, lower leaf, between leaf veins
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Gallformers ID Notes
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Large, very irregularly globular, nearly lobed, leaf galls attached broadly to the lower sides of leaves of Rhus trilobata. The galls are sparsely covered in short hairs and range from light yellow-pink to bright candy-red. They sometimes occupy nearly the entirety of host leaves. Observed as early as May, persisting into July, in Utah, Arizona, Idaho, and nearby states.
Observations outside of iNaturalist (see link below) can be found on BugGuide and on Flickr. Some observations currently identified as Aculops rhois within the US southwest likely belong to this species.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©
Further Information:
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value r-trilobata-red-leaf-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
