Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae
Appearance
Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae | |
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Brown-colored round gall of the unisexual (agamic) generation | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Genus: | Callirhytis |
Species: | C. quercusagrifoliae
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Binomial name | |
Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae (Ashmead, 1881)
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Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae, commonly known as the bud gall wasp, is a species of cypnid wasp that induces galls on the flower buds of coast live oaks and interior live oaks.[1][2] This wasp has been observed in California in North America.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 93. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.
- ^ a b "Live Oak Bud Gall Wasp (Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
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