Neuroterus anthracinus f. agamic (Curtis, 1838), (oyster gall causer)


6 Sep 2008 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Record Summarygalls on midrib on underside of Pedunculate Oak leaves
Found asAgamic gall
Date6 September 2008
Associated organismQuercus robur
OS grid refOSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland

Notes:

Galls, and scars left after they have fallen.

Gall: globose, yellow with red spots, on midrib, on leaf underside.

Scar: tiny swelling in the midrib, with a pair of flaps of brown tissue protruding throudgh a central split.

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