Belonocnema treatae (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Belonocnema
Hosts: Quercus geminata / Quercus virginiana
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, red, purple
Texture: hairy
Abundance:
Shape: sphere
Season: Fall, Summer
Related: Belonocnema treatae (sexgen)
Alignment: erect
Walls: thick
Location: lower leaf, on leaf veins
Form:
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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Belonocnema treatae
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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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Belonocnema fossoria [not a formal synonym per Zhang but Weld uses this name to cover leaf galls of this genus on both Quercus virginiana and geminata. The former is B treatae.]
Quercus virginiana, geminata
Leaf galls, detachable
Tan, smooth, globular galls on under side of leaf in numbers in the fall.
[Photo caption]
Fig 230. On Q virginiana. Also on Q geminata. Adults emerged 8-13. In two cases where the galls were numerous on the leaves in the fall shriveled old galls of Belonocnema treatae Mayr were found on the roots.
- LH Weld: (1959) Cynipid galls of the eastern United States©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/273718#page/125/mode/1up
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