Andricus murtfeldtae (sexgen)

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

Hosts: Quercus chapmanii / Quercus oglethorpensis / Quercus stellata

Detachable: Detachable

Color: brown, white, green

Texture: bumpy, hairless

Abundance:

Shape: globular

Season: Spring

Alignment:

Walls: thick

Location: bud

Form:

Cells: polythalamous

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 (3)

Gallformers ID Notes - Gallformers Contributors (2026)

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

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Descriptions of new Cynipidous Galls and Gall-Wasps in the United States National Museum - William Ashmead (1896)

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Andricus murtfeldtae (sexgen) sexgen: The sexual generation (AKA bisexual generation or sexgen) of an oak gall wasp (cynipini) species consists of both male and female wasps, which mate before the females lay eggs which will mature to form the all-female agamic generation. View in glossary →

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Andricus murtfeldtae (sexgen)