Callirhytis serricornis (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Callirhytis
Detachable: detachable
Color: red, green, tan
Texture: hairless
Abundance: common
Shape: globular
Season: Summer, Fall
Related: Callirhytis serricornis (sexgen)
Alignment: erect
Walls:
Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib, on leaf veins
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Possible Range:i
Common Name(s): Kernel Flower Gall Wasp (bisexual generation)
Synonymy: Name
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Dryocosmus grumatus
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.
New American Cynipid Wasps From Galls
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Dryocosmus grumatus, new species
Host.--Quercus wislizeni These galls also occur on Quercus agrifolia and Q kelloggii.
Gall.-- A smooth, bare, ellipsoidal gall about 3 mm in diameter attached to midrib on under side of the leaf in the fall and bearing a little fleshy knob on its summit exactly like the gall of rileyi (Ashmead) in the eastern United States.
- LH Weld: (1952) New American Cynipid Wasps From Galls©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15672479#page/381/mode/1up
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