Biology:Aphelonyx cerricola

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Short description: Species of gall wasp

Aphelonyx cerricola
Aphelonyx cerricola on TURKEY OAK Quercus cerris (6210147100).jpg
Mature gall on turkey oak
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Aphelonyx
Species:
A. cerricola
Binomial name
Aphelonyx cerricola
Giraud, 1859 [1]

Aphelonyx cerricola is a gall wasp species in the family Cynipidae which is native to Europe and Western Asia from Austria to Iran, and is an introduced species in Great Britain. Only the asexual generation is known, which induces galls on Quercus cerris within Europe with possible records on other species within Quercus section Cerris in Iran.[1][2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14409580 entry