Callirhytis floridana (sexgen)

Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Callirhytis
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Andricus floridanus
Ashmead 1887

Cynipid galls of the eastern United States

Callirhytis floridana

Quercus chapmani
Stem galls, woody stem swellings
Lop-sided stem swelling usually close to the ground covered with normal bark. Type host.

Quercus margaretta
Stem galls, woody stem swellings
Thickening of bark on one side of twig, many-celled.

Quercus stellata
Stem galls, woody stem swellings
Puffy thickenings of the bark on one side of the twig, often confluent, many-celled.

[Photo caption]
On Q stellata. Also on margaretta. In the fall the tissue cuts like cheese. Adults out the next April. Gall is usually larger than in photo.

- LH Weld: (1959) Cynipid galls of the eastern United States©

Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/273718#page/116/mode/1up


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Year
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Peter Price, Warren Abrahamson, Mark Hunter, George Melika
2004
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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