Biology:Callirhytis apicalis

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Short description: North American gall-inducing wasp

Callirhytis apicalis
Callirhytis apicalis imported from iNaturalist photo 157489523 on 23 October 2023.jpg
Fort Ord Natural Reserve, September 2021
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Callirhytis
Species:
C. apicalis
Binomial name
Callirhytis apicalis
(Ashmead, 1896)

Callirhytis apicalis, formerly Andricus apicalis, the trunk gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces galls on the trunks or roots of black oak group trees in California in North America.[1][2] Newly formed galls are red or yellow, turning brown as they age.[2] This wasp is most often associated with Quercus agrifolia (coast live oak).[2] This wasp is generally considered uncommon.[2]

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