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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Cynipoidea » Gall Wasps (Cynipidae)
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cottony leaf gall on Oak
Copyright © 2015 Salvador Vitanza

cottony leaf gall on Oak
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
October 5, 2015
Almost every leaf on the tree had one or more galls. Andricus?

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 5 October, 2015 - 10:26pm
Last updated 30 May, 2017 - 9:02pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Galls.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 May, 2017 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry I forgot
to deliver on my promise of looking for the oak species name and gall structure. Now, I have moved to another state...
… Salvador Vitanza, 30 May, 2017 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Jeff Brown, 23 October, 2015 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

Cynipini
One of the wasps in the Tribe Cynipini.

Another may be able to narrow based on range or species of Oak, but galls from a couple Genus looks similar.

Compare:

Callirhytis


Andricus


Maybe Charley will know!
… Jeff Brown, 6 October, 2015 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you Jeff for your kind help. I understand that they are mostly cosmetic, difficult to control or prevent, but I wanted to find out if anybody can tell the genus producing this kind of galls. I will find out the type of oak.
… Salvador Vitanza, 6 October, 2015 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

 
Oak species
I would need to know what kind of oak this is to look it up. Even with that info, I might not be able to tell without seeing the structure of the cells within the fluff.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 October, 2015 - 8:49am login or register to post comments

 
I will
look for both the type of oak and structure under the fluff and post it soon.
… Salvador Vitanza, 6 October, 2015 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

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