Diastrophus nebulosus

Diastrophus nebulosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Cynipidae
Genus:	Diastrophus
Species:	D. nebulosus
Binomial name
	Diastrophus nebulosus; (Osten Sacken, 1861)
Synonyms
	Cynips rubi Bouche

Last updated January 02, 2026

Diastrophus nebulosus is a species that forms galls. Its common name is the blackberry knot gall wasp.^[2]^[3] Its host plant is Rubus flagellaris .

References

↑ Gordinier, H. (24 January 2018). "Biology of Diastrophus Nebulosus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and Its Parasitoid/Inquiline Complex in Galls on Rubus Flagellaris (Rosaceae)". The Great Lakes Entomologist. 36 (2). doi: 10.22543/0090-0222.2087 . ISSN 0090-0222. S2CID 54772061.
↑ "Blackberry Knot Gall Wasp (Diastrophus nebulosus)". iNaturalist.
↑ Beutenmüller, William (1909). "The North American species of Diastrophus and their galls". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 26: 136. hdl:2246/1964.

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[1] Gordinier, H. (24 January 2018). "Biology of Diastrophus Nebulosus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and Its Parasitoid/Inquiline Complex in Galls on Rubus Flagellaris (Rosaceae)". The Great Lakes Entomologist. 36 (2). doi: 10.22543/0090-0222.2087 . ISSN 0090-0222. S2CID 54772061.

[inaturalist-Diastrophus_nebulosus-2] "Blackberry Knot Gall Wasp (Diastrophus nebulosus)". iNaturalist.

[Beutenmüller-3] Beutenmüller, William (1909). "The North American species of Diastrophus and their galls". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 26: 136. hdl:2246/1964.

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