Neuroterus lamellae

Quercus gambelii, subturbinella [turbinella]
Leaf galls
Integral
Fig 158. Thick fleshy area in parenchyma.

Neuroterus lamellae, new species

Host: Quercus subturbinella=Q. turbinella

Gall: A thickening of the parenchyma of a part of the leaf area, deforming the leaf, almost half an inch thick. Pubescence on lower side white and short, on upper side, where exit holes are located, it is longer. Resembles the gall of Neuroterus washingtonensis on Quercus garryana.

Habitat: Dead adults were cut out of galls in November 1944 from galls collected July 23, 1943 at Prescott AZ. As dark pupae were found in galls at Prescott on July 12, 1947 the normal emergence is probably in late July.

Neuroterus lamellae
Bulging-leaf-gall wasp
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Hosts: Quercus turbinella

Galls usually occur one per leaf and are uniformly covered with short yellow hairs, which are slightly longer on top.