Amphibolips murata

Quercus cinerea [incana], marilandica, myrtifolia
Bud galls
Lemon-shaped, tan, smooth, 8-12 mm in dia, in fall. Wall thick, spongy tissue about the larval cell.

Quercus laurifolia
Bud galls
A smooth tan bud gall, 8-12 mm in dia in fall with spongy tissue about the larval cell.

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On Q marilandica. Also on Q myrtifolia, cinerea [incana], laurifolia, pumila. Adults were cut out in November. The only emergence records are Dec 4, 8 and April 11.

Amphibolips murata, new species

Belongs in a group that emerges from bud galls in late fall or in early spring from galls that have overwintered.

Hosts. — Quercus myrtifolia Willd., Q. pumila Walt., Q. laurifolia Michx., and Q. cinerea=Q. incana Bartr.

Gall: A smooth, tan bud gall in the fall, from 8-12 mm. in diameter, tapering slightly to point of attachment, the thin-walled larval cell not free and separated from the thick, dense outer wall by a thin layer of spongy tissue (not radiating fibers). Adults are cut out of the galls in November; the only emergence records are December 4, December 8, and April 11.

Amphibolips murata (Weld 1957)

Hosts: Quercus inopina, myrtifolia

[Asexual generation bud galls found in Florida in the fall.]