Biology:Callirhytis quercusfutilis

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Short description: Species of wasp

Callirhytis quercusfutilis
Callirhytis quercusfutilis-gall-external.jpg
Sexgen gall, external
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Sexgen galls, internal
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Callirhytis
Species:
C. quercusfutilis
Binomial name
Callirhytis quercusfutilis
(Osten-Sacken, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Dalla Torre, 1893 Bassett, 1889
  • (Dalla Torre, 1893) Andricus radicis
  • Callirhytis radicis (Bassett, 1889)
  • Andricus radicicola Callirhytis radicicola

Callirhytis quercusfutilis, the oak wart gall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. [1]

Ecology

Range is central and eastern North America. [1]

The agamic generation lives in the scurfy bark of a host white oak tree root or trunk base. [2]:344 Host species include white oak, swamp white oak, overcup oak, bur oak, swamp chestnut oak, chestnut oak, dwarf chinkapin oak, and post oak. [3]

The sexual generation induces galls on host white oak leaves, between leaf veins and projecting slightly above both surfaces of the leaf. [2]:343 Internally, thin radiating fibers connect the larval chamber to the wall of the gall, providing the larva with nutrients supplied by the host. [4]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q111160175 entry