Biology:Dryocosmus castanopsidis

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Short description: North American gall-inducing wasp

Dryocosmus castanopsidis
Chinquapin Flower Gall Wasp imported from iNaturalist photo 223178102 on 6 November 2023.jpg
San Mateo County, California, 2022
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Dryocosmus
Species:
D. castanopsidis
Binomial name
Dryocosmus castanopsidis
(Beutenmueller, 1917)

Dryocosmus castanopsidis, also known as the chinquapin flower gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that induces galls on the flowers of giant chinquapin and bush chinquapin on the west coast of North America.[1] The husk and flesh of the galls are red, with a "golden bloom" on the husk, and the central larval chamber has a green tint.[1]

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Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q123360113 entry