Disholcaspis mamillana (sexgen)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Disholcaspis
Hosts: Quercus douglasii
Detachable: bothi
Color: tan
Texture: hairless
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Season: Spring
Related: Disholcaspis mamillana (agamic)
Alignment:
Walls: thin
Location: bud
Form: hidden cell
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.
Contributions to Disholcaspis Dalla Torre And Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)
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Disholcaspis mamillana Weld, 1957, sexual generation
[A photo of this gall appears on page 13 of the pdf]
Gall (Fig. 20): Length 2.4–2.9mm, buff-colored, oblong grain-shaped, bluntly pointed, thin walled, and glabrous. Arising from the buds at the base of new leaves during spring flush. Emergence holes are rough edged and near the apex.
Host plant remarks: The recorded host for the asexual generation wasps is Q. douglasii (Weld 1957). All sexual generation specimens here identified as D. mamillana were taken from a field identified Q. douglasii. No host voucher is available for these specimens
”- Crystal Cooke-McEwen, Michael Gates: (2020) Contributions to Disholcaspis Dalla Torre And Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)©
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