White-oak-associate

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• Feron izabellae

  Pink Bow-Tie Gall Wasp

  Feron izabellae is an oak gall wasp described in 2023 from Northern California. The species induces distinctive pink spangle galls on white oak leaves, with galls folding at maturity to resemble bow-ties. Only the asexual generation is known. The species was named in memory of the senior author's mother and granddaughter.

  gall-waspoak-gallCynipidaeCalifornia-endemicasexual-generationleaf-gallspangle-gallwhite-oak-associaterecently-described-species