Belonocnema fossoria (agamic)

Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Belonocnema
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, red
Texture:
Abundance:
Shape: sphere
Season: Fall
Alignment:
Walls: thick
Location: lower leaf, on leaf veins
Form:
Cells:
Possible Range:i
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image of Belonocnema fossoria (agamic)
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image of Belonocnema fossoria (agamic)
image of Belonocnema fossoria (agamic)

One hundred and sixty years of taxonomic confusion resolved: Belonocnema (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) gall wasps associated with live oaks in the USA

Belonocnema fossoria, Weld 1921 Rev. Stat.

Belonocnema quercusvirens, Burks, 1979 [species inquirenda]

Host plant: Quercus geminata

Gall: Smooth, single-chambered pea galls (5.88–6.45mm in diameter) on the ventral side of leaves

Distribution: GA, FL

[See paper for photos of the galls]

- Miles Zhang, Scott Egan, Amanda Driscoe, James Ott: (2021) One hundred and sixty years of taxonomic confusion resolved: Belonocnema (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) gall wasps associated with live oaks in the USA©


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