Biology:Callirhytis carmelensis
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Short description: North American gall-inducing wasp
| Callirhytis carmelensis | |
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| Pacifica, California, September 2023 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Callirhytis |
| Species: | C. carmelensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Callirhytis carmelensis (Weld, 1922)
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Callirhytis carmelensis, formerly Andricus carmelensis, the mottled acorn gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces galls on the acorns of coast live oaks and interior live oaks in California in North America.[1][2] The purple or spotted green gall forms where the acorn attaches to the tree and often prevents normal development of the nut.[2] The gall also produces a honeydew secretion that is attractive to other insects.[2] This wasp is generally considered uncommon.[2]
References
- ↑ "Callirhytis apicalis" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/481648-Callirhytis-apicalis.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Russo, Ronald A. (2021) (in en-us). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 90. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691213408/html.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q123357804 entry
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