Kokkocynips difficilis (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Kokkocynips
Detachable: detachable
Color: gray, red, white, green
Texture: bumpy, ribbed, spotted, striped
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Fall
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Alignment: erect
Walls: thick
Location: stem
Form: bullet
Cells: monothalamous
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Andricus difficilis
Callirhytis difficilis
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.
Cynipid galls of the eastern United States
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Callirhytis difficilis
Quercus cinerea [incana], laurifolia, myrtifolia, nigra, phellos
Stem galls, detachable
Small, rugose, grayish, in a cluster or rows from furrows in bark, dropping when mature in Oct.
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On Q cinerea [incana]. Also on Q nigra, myrtifolia, phellos, laurifolia. Collected in Oct 1917 in AR. Galls gave adults Sept 29 and Dec 8 1919 and Oct 10, 1920.
- LH Weld: (1959) Cynipid galls of the eastern United States©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/273718#page/117/mode/1up
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