Neuroterus q-alba-early-flake-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Neuroterus
Hosts: Quercus alba
Detachable: detachable
Color: white
Texture: woolly, hairy
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Shape: tuft, numerous
Season: Spring
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Location: lower leaf, on 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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Several-many small tufts of white wool emerging from veins on the lower side of leaves of Quercus alba. These galls clearly resemble Neuroterus quercusverrucarum, but are suspected to be a distinct species (or possibly a distinct generation of the same species) because they have been observed much earlier in the growing season than that species has been reported on other white-group oaks, and they appear on first-flush leaves rather than secondary growth, as N quercusverrucarum typically does. Observed in Georgia and Virginia in April and May (whereas N quercusverrucarum is understood to first appear in July).
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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