Biology:Diplolepis spinosa
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Short description: North American gall-inducing wasp
| Diplolepis spinosa | |
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| Manitoba, 2023 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Diplolepididae |
| Genus: | Diplolepis |
| Species: | D. spinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Diplolepis spinosa (Ashmead, 1897)
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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
- ↑ "Diplolepis spinosa (Many-spined Twig Gall Wasp)" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/746857-Diplolepis-spinosa.
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q123413832 entry
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