Belonocnema q-brandegeei-midrib-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Belonocnema
Hosts: Quercus brandegeei
Detachable: detachable
Color: orange, red
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Fall
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Alignment: erect
Walls: thick
Location: upper leaf, leaf midrib
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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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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A typical Belonocnema gall differing in being found along the midrib rather than the lateral veins and on the upper rather than lower side of the leaf. Observed on Quercus brandegeei in Baja California Sur in February with emergence holes.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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