Unknown q-phellos-fletching-bud-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus imbricaria / Quercus phellos
Detachable: detachable
Color: pink, red, green
Texture: hairy, hairless
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Season: Spring
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Walls: thick
Location: bud
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
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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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A small bud gall on Quercus phellos in spring, green with pink-red tips, covered sparsely in stellate hairs. The structure of the gall is striking and unique, with an almond-shaped central larval cell surrounded by three evenly spaced flared wings, swept up above the tip of gall. Observed in April in North Carolina.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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