Cynipanguina danthoniae n. sp

Host: Danthonia californica

Locality: CA

The spherical galls range in size from 0.5 to 3 mm and vary in color from green to straw yellow, the majority being straw yellow by late spring-early summer. Galls are found singly or in groups of fifty or more. Seldom are galls amalgamated; when such were found there was no continuity of the internal cavities.

The galls are most generally located on the leaves of D californica. However, galls have been found on the seed head stem. Groups of galls on the plant are found separated by non-infested areas of about 2.5 to 7.5 cm.

- AR Maggenti, WH Hart, GA Paxman: (1974) A New Genus and Species of Gall Forming Nematode from Danthonia californica, with a Discussion of its Life History^©