Andricus rugatus (agamic)

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

Hosts: Quercus lyrata

Detachable: Detachable

Color: red, white

Texture: bumpy, hairless

Abundance:

Shape: globular, cluster

Season: Fall

Alignment: erect, supine, leaning

Walls:

Location: lower leaf, leaf midrib

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

License: Public Domain / CC0

Andricus rugatus (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 →