Trichoteras coquilletti
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Subfamily: | Cynipinae |
| Tribe: | Cynipini |
| Genus: | Trichoteras |
| Species: | T. coquilletti
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| Binomial name | |
| Trichoteras coquilletti Ashmead, 1897
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Trichoteras coquilletti, formerly Andricus coquilletti, also known as the little oak-apple gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in North America.[1] This wasp oviposits on the underside of the leaves of huckleberry oaks and canyon live oaks.[1] The larval chamber is at the center of the gall, connected to the husk by slender, radiating fibers.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 154. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. S2CID 238148746.