| Besbicus maculosus | |
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| Butte County, California, 2023 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Besbicus |
| Species: | B. maculosus |
| 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]
