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North American gall-inducing wasp

Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae
Brown-colored round gall of the unisexual (agamic) generation
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Callirhytis
Species: C. quercusagrifoliae
Binomial name
Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae
(Ashmead, 1881)

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. This wasp has been observed in California in North America.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Live Oak Bud Gall Wasp (Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-20.

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