Biology:Atrusca bella
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Short description: North American gall-inducing wasp
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Atrusca |
| Species: | A. bella
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| Binomial name | |
| Atrusca bella (Bassett, 1881)
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Atrusca bella, also known as the little oak-apple gall wasp, is a locally common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in North America.[1] The wasp oviposits on Arizona white oak, Mexican blue oak, netleaf oak, Toumey oak, and shrub live oak.[1] The larval chamber is at the center of the gall, connected to the husk by slender, radiating fibers.[1] The gall induced by this wasp is larger, lighter-colored, and more common than the similar gall induced by Atrusca brevipennata.[1] This wasp has been observed in Arizona and New Mexico.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Russo, Ronald A. (2021) (in en-us). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 193. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691213408/html.
- ↑ "Atrusca bella" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1112803-Atrusca-bella.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q123193430 entry
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