Feron gigas explained

Feron gigas, also known as the saucer gall wasp, is a species of gall-forming wasp in the genus Feron.[1] [2] It induces galls on the leaves of scrub oaks, blue oaks, and Engelmann oaks. The galls produced by its all-female generation, which emerges in winter, are 3-4 mm wide, circular with raised edges. They are red, pink, brown, or purple. The larval chamber exists as a raised bump in the gall's center. The bisexual generation produces galls that are brown and cone-shaped.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Andricus gigas - Saucer Gall Wasp . 2022-09-09 . 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 . 1175-5334. 20.500.11820/8d7cf66b-8011-4572-b520-b8f5d78deae2 . 265191343 . free .
  3. Book: Russo, Ronald A. . Plant galls of the Western United States . 2021 . . 978-0-691-21340-8 . Princeton, New Jersey . 284–286 . en . 1239984577.

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