Key Identification Features
- kinseyi by two traits: sexual generation individuals have weakly defined scutellar foveae that are widely separated by a ridge, while asexual generation individuals have a distinctive areolet.
- It has both sexual and agamic generations, which produce two distinct types of galls: the oyster gall and the April-bud gall.
- Like most oak gall wasps, this species has two generations per year: one asexual (agamic) generation and one sexual generation, and each generation produces a distinct type of gall.
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