Heteroecus lyoni (agamic)

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Family: Cynipidae (Wasp) | Genus: Heteroecus

Hosts: Quercus palmeri

Detachable: Detachable

Color: gray, pink, white, purple

Texture:

Abundance: common

Shape:

Season: Fall

Alignment:

Walls: thick

Location: bud, stem

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Common Name(s): Lyon's Gall Wasp

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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.

Further Information (4)

Plant Galls of the Western United States - Russo, Ronald A. (2021) [Link]

Gallformers ID Notes - Gallformers Contributors (2026) [Link]

License: Public Domain / CC0

Cynipid Galls of the Pacific Slope - LH Weld (1957) [Link]

License: Public Domain / CC0

Gall-inducing cynipid wasps from Quercus dunnii Kellogg (Hymenoptera) - D C Dailey, C M Sprenger (1983) [Link]

License: CC-BY