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Red Currant Gall

Cynips divisa

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Cynipidae

The red-pea gall or red currant gall develops as a chemically induced distortion arising from the underside of the mid-rib of a vein on Quercus species and it is attached by a short stalk or peduncle. The red-wart gall is the sexual phase of the same species. Cause The gall is caused by the parthenogenetic generation of Cynips divisa, which has been known by the synonyms Diplolepis divisa, Dryophanta divisa and Spathegaster verrucosus.

Distribution

Ab Neutel · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 791United Kingdom · 404Germany · 91France · 25Belgium · 18Spain · 15Italy · 3Luxembourg · 2Switzerland · 2