Biology:Besbicus maculosus
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Short description: North American gall-inducing wasp
| Besbicus maculosus | |
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| Butte County, California, 2023 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Besbicus |
| Species: | B. maculosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Besbicus maculosus (Kinsey, 1929)
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Besbicus maculosus, formerly Andricus maculosus and Cynips maculosa, also known as the pear gall wasp, is an uncommon species of cynipid wasp that induces galls on oak trees on the west coast of North America.[1] The wasp oviposits on leather oak and scrub oak leaves.[1] Fresh galls are green.[1] This wasp has been observed in California.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Russo, Ronald A. (2021) (in en-us). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. pp. 125. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. OCLC 1239984577. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691213408/html.
- ↑ "Pear Gall Wasp (Andricus maculosus)" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1042583-Andricus-maculosus.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q123255742 entry
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