Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae

Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae
Brown-colored round gall of the unisexual (agamic) generation
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1][2] This wasp has been observed in California in North America.[1][2]

References

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


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