Antron q-obtusata-wrinkled-sphere

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Antron
Detachable: detachable
Color: white
Texture: hairy, wrinkly
Abundance:
Shape: globular, hemispherical
Season: Fall, Winter
Related:
Alignment: erect
Walls:
Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib, between leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:

Gallformers ID Notes

A single moderately sized hemispherical gall densely covered in short hairs. Resembles the New-World Cynips group now reclassed as Antron, including Antron plumbeum and Cynips arida. Observed in Michoacan, Mexico in December.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


Further Information:
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Year
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License
Gallformers Contributors
2024
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