Callirhytis balanopsis (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Callirhytis
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown, yellow, green
Texture: honeydew, hairless, spotted
Abundance:
Shape: conical, globular
Season: Fall
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Walls:
Location: fruit
Form: pip
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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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.
Notes on American Gallflies of the Family Cynipidae Producing Galls on Acorns: With Descriptions of New Species
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Callirhytis balanopsis, new species.
Host.--Quercus marilandica
Gall.--Produced in fall on small acorns of current season, sometimes three or four on one acorn. They are green, smooth, 4 mm in diameter, laterally compressed and elongated slightly at base and apex. They secrete copious quantities of honeydew while growing and later fall to the ground.
Habitat.--[MO, AR, TX, AL, FL]
”- LH Weld: (1922) Notes on American Gallflies of the Family Cynipidae Producing Galls on Acorns: With Descriptions of New Species©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7305399#page/500/mode/1up
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