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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Unidentified Tracks, Sign, and Other Mysteries » Unidentified Galls
Photo#1092596
Poison Oak Galls
Copyright © 2015 nvhamlett@gmail.com

Poison Oak Galls
Bernard Field Station, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 27, 2015
On Western Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum) at the Claremont Colleges' Bernard Field Station. Might they be Aculops rhois? Any information will be greatly appreciated!
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Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 28 June, 2015 - 11:46pm
Last updated 11 July, 2015 - 11:07pm

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… v belov, 11 July, 2015 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

Looks like the galls induced by
Aculops toxicophagus, a mite that "occurs throughout the range of its host plants in California, Oregon, and Washington". (Russo, 2006 (1))
Based on the INFO page, A. toxicophagus has become a synonym for A. rhois, though no reference is given.
… Hartmut Wisch, 29 June, 2015 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

 
According to the taxonomy fol
According to the taxonomy followed on BugGuide, Aculops toxicophagus is considered a synonym of Aculops rhois.
… nvhamlett@gmail.com, 29 June, 2015 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

Question
I posted a picture recently of a leaf covered in galls

and I'm wondering (if it's a mite let's say) ....does the mite inject the leaf in EVERY spot there is a gall? Or, are the eggs distributed systemically by the leaf?
… Matt Edmonds, 29 June, 2015 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

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