Andricus pedicellatus

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Andricus pedicellatus
Hair Stalk Gall Wasp imported from iNaturalist photo 14939182 on 24 October 2023.jpg
Hair stalk galls, Mount Diablo State Park, 2018
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Andricus
Species:
A. pedicellatus
Binomial name
Andricus pedicellatus
(Kinsey, 1922)
Synonyms

Dryophanta pedicellata

Andricus pedicellatus, the hair stalk gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces long spindly leaf galls on blue oaks on the Pacific coast of North America. [1] [2]

References

  1. "Hair Stalk Gall Wasp (Andricus pedicellatus)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. "California gall-making Cynipidae with descriptions of new species / by Isabel McCracken and Dorothy Egbert". HathiTrust. Stanford university publications. University series : Biological sciences ;vol. III, no. 1. 1922. p. 14. hdl:2027/mdp.39015068533523 . Retrieved 25 October 2023.