Callirhytis floridana (sexgen)

Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Callirhytis
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image of Callirhytis floridana (sexgen)
image of Callirhytis floridana (sexgen)
image of Callirhytis floridana (sexgen)

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.

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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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