Unknown q-macrocarpa-thick-vein

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: pink, red, green
Texture: hairy, hairless
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Season: Spring
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: on leaf veins
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Gallformers ID Notes

A thick-walled vein swelling causing a slight deformation of the leaf on Quercus macrocarpa. Containing at least one larva of ambiguous taxon, likely cynipini. Observed in Texas in May.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


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Gallformers Contributors
2024
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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-macrocarpa-thick-vein on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
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