Callirhytis lapillula (agamic)

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

Hosts: Quercus bicolor / Quercus lyrata

Detachable: Integral

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Location: fruit

Form: hidden cell

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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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Cynipid galls of the eastern United States - LH Weld (1959)

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Callirhytis lapillula (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 →