Unknown q-turbinella-wedge-gall (agamic)

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Unknown q-turbinella-wedge-gall (agamic)

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.

Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown

Hosts: Quercus turbinella

Detachable: detachable

Color: gray

Texture: hairy

Abundance:

Shape: globular, cluster

Season:

Related:

Alignment: erect, supine, leaning

Walls:

Location: leaf midrib

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Cells:

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image of Unknown q-turbinella-wedge-gall (agamic)

On Quercus turbinella

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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Globular galls with elongated attachment points, apparently from a midrib cluster on Quercus turbinella. Covered in a short gray stellate pubescence. Observed in Arizona in September. An adult was reared from these galls in September.

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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 q-turbinella-wedge-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here: