Feron crystallinum explained

Feron crystallinum, also known as the crystalline gall wasp, is a species of gall-forming wasp in the genus Feron.^{[1] [2]} The galls of its all-female parthenogenic generation are pink and covered in hairs that are white, red, or brown. These galls are often massed together in clumps that can cover the underside of leaves. Individual galls are 12–14 mm high, 7 mm across, and have a single chamber for larvae. This generation emerges in late winter. In the spring, the bisexual generation of males and females induces much smaller galls with shorter hairs. F. crystallinum galls are found in all species of oaks in California.^{[3] [4]}

External links

• Feron crystallinum on gallformers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species Andricus crystallinus - Crystalline Gall Wasp . 2022-09-05 . bugguide.net.
2. Cuesta-Porta . Victor . Melika . George . Nicholls . James A. . Stone . Graham N. . Pujade-Villar . Juli . 2023-11-07 . Re-establishment of the Nearctic oak cynipid gall wasp genus Feron Kinsey, 1937 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), including the description of six new species . Zootaxa . 5366 . 1 . 1–174 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5366.1.1 . 38220731 . 265191343 . 1175-5334.
3. Perea . Ramón . Dirzo . Rodolfo . Bieler . Stephanie . Wilson Fernandes . Geraldo . 2021-01-06 . Incidence of Galls on Sympatric California Oaks: Ecological and Physiological Perspectives . Diversity . en . 13 . 1 . 20 . 10.3390/d13010020 . 1424-2818. free .
4. Book: Russo, Ronald A. . Plant galls of the Western United States . 2021 . . 978-0-691-21340-8 . Princeton, New Jersey . 277–282 . en . 1239984577.