Phylloteras q-obtusata-plate-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Phylloteras
Hosts: Quercus obtusata
Detachable: detachable
Color: pink, white, green, purple
Texture: hairy
Abundance:
Shape: spangle/button, cylindrical
Season: Fall, Winter
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls: thick
Location: lower leaf, between leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Image by Adam Kranz © Public Domain / CC0
Image by Adam Kranz © Public Domain / CC0Our 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 green-white spangle gall scattered on the lower side of leaves of Quercus ?obtusata, with a short pubescence and a pink-purple bloom around its apex. Inducer genus inferred from gall traits (Feron also possible?). Observed in December in Michoacan, Mexico.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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