Neuroterus q-havardii-blackeye-gall (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Neuroterus
Hosts: Quercus havardii / Quercus obtusata
Detachable: detachable
Color: white, black, tan
Texture: hairy
Abundance:
Shape: globular, cluster
Season: Winter
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls: thin
Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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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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Small, ovate-globular galls along either side of the midrib on the lower side of leaves of Quercus havardii. Each gall is densely covered in short, tan-white hair, with a ring of black hair surrounding a bare hilum at the apex. Observed containing unemerged adult wasps in western Texas in December. A similar gall was observed on a Quercus ?obtusata leaf in Michoacan, Mexico in December.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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