Biology:Diplolepis spinosa

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Short description: North American gall-inducing wasp

Diplolepis spinosa
Many-spined Twig Gall Wasp imported from iNaturalist photo 306229558 on 7 November 2023.jpg
Manitoba, 2023
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Diplolepididae
Genus: Diplolepis
Species:
D. spinosa
Binomial name
Diplolepis spinosa
(Ashmead, 1897)

Diplolepis spinosa, also known as the many-spined twig gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that induces galls on wild roses in North America.[1] D. spinosa-induced galls are said to be "one of the most conspicuous" found in the grasslands of the continent.[2]

References

  1. "Diplolepis spinosa (Many-spined Twig Gall Wasp)" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/746857-Diplolepis-spinosa. 
  2. Shorthouse, Joseph D. (2010-06-04), Shorthouse, Joseph, ed., "Galls induced by cynipid wasps of the genus Diplolepis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) on the roses of Canada's grasslands", Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Volume 1): Ecology and Interactions in Grassland Habitats (Biological Survey of Canada): pp. 251–279, doi:10.3752/9780968932148.ch12, ISBN 978-0-9689321-4-8, http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/grasslandsbook/Chapter12_ACG.pdf, retrieved 2023-11-08 

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