Callirhytis serricornis explained

Callirhytis serricornis, formerly Andricus serricornis, the kernel flower gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that produces galls on oak trees in California in North America. The wasp oviposits on coast live oak and interior live oak and induces a gall shaped roughly like a bottle or vase. The gall is brown in the first generation, and red and green in the second.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Russo, Ronald A. . Plant Galls of the Western United States . Princeton University Press . 2021 . 978-0-691-21340-8 . 2020949502 . 88–89 . en-us . 10.1515/9780691213408. 238148746 .
2. Web site: Callirhytis serricornis (Kernel Flower Gall Wasp) . iNaturalist . 2023-10-20 . en-US.