Disholcaspis q-havardii-urchin-gall (agamic)

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Disholcaspis
Detachable: detachable
Color: tan
Texture: bumpy, hairy
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Fall, Winter
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form: bullet
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:

Gallformers ID Notes

A small, tan-orange, short-hairy, slightly rugose bullet gall on stem of Quercus cf havardii, at a node. Observed in December in western Texas. An adult consistent with Disholcaspis emerged in January.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
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2024
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