| Andricus stellaris | |
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| Sunburst galls on an oak leaf, Santa Rosa, 2022 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Andricus |
| Species: | A. stellaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Andricus stellaris (Weld, 1926) | |
Andricus stellaris, the sunburst gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on blue oaks and Oregon oaks on the Pacific coast of North America. [1] [2] The wasp oviposits on the underside of leaves, between the lateral veins; the larval chamber is the brightly colored spot at the center of the gall. [1] The chamber is surrounded by a crystalline structure. [3]
