Neuroterus q-virginiana-winter-blister

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Neuroterus
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, gray, green
Texture: hairless
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Shape:
Season: Fall, Winter
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: upper leaf, leaf midrib, on leaf veins
Form: leaf blister
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Gallformers ID Notes

A subtle leaf blister on midrib or lateral veins of Quercus virginiana, observed on overwinter leaves in December and January. Apparently distinct from the superficially-identical spring q-virginiana-midrib-cell.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


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Gallformers Contributors
2024
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