Melikaiella q-buckleyi-late-gall (sexgen)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Melikaiella
Hosts: Quercus buckleyi
Detachable: integral
Color: orange, red, green
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: numerous
Season: Fall
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Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: between leaf veins
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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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Many small pustules on the upper and lower surface of leaves of Quercus buckleyi, resembling galls of Melikaiella papula or ostensackeni. This gall may represent a late or aborted instance of those species, but if not, it is distinguished by remaining in an apparently developing, unemerged state well into October. Spring sexgen leaf galls of this genus typically emerge by July-August. Observed in Texas.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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