Horned oak gall (Callirhytis cornigera)

Horned oak gall (Callirhytis cornigera) on Pin oak (Quercus palustris), Shawnee National Forest, United States
Photograph by USDA Forest Service - Northeastern Area Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

Horned oak gall | Callirhytis cornigera photo

Horned oak gall (Callirhytis cornigera), Shawnee National Forest, Utah, United States
Photograph by A. Steven Munson, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

HORNED OAK GALL FACTS

Classification

Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Genus:	Callirhytis
Species:	cornigera
Common Name:	Horned oak gall

Relatives in same Genus
  Stony gall (C. fructuosa)
  Pip gall wasp (C. operator)
  Gouty oak gall (C. quercuspunctata)
  Wool sower gall maker (C. seminator)

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