Xanthoteras pungens (agamic)

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Family: Cynipidae | Subfamily: Cynipinae | Tribe: Cynipini | Genus: Xanthoteras

Hosts: Quercus pungens

Detachable: Detachable

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Season: Fall, Winter

Alignment: erect

Walls: radiating-fibers

Location: upper leaf, leaf edge

Form:

Cells: monothalamous

Possible Range:

Not an occurrence map: this shows where this gall's hosts grow. In most cases the gall has not been documented throughout this area.

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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 (2)

Gallformers ID Notes - Gallformers Contributors (2026)

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New cynipid wasps from the southwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) - RJ Lyon (1996)

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Xanthoteras pungens (agamic) agamic: The agamic (AKA unisexual) generation of an oak gall wasp (cynipini) species consists of only female wasps, which do not mate before laying the eggs which become the male and females of the sexual generation (sexgen). View in glossary →

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Xanthoteras pungens (agamic)