| Dryocosmus minusculus | |
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| Galls induced by Dryocosmus minusculus, Coyote Valley Open Space District, San Jose, California, 2017 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Dryocosmus |
| Species: | D. minusculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dryocosmus minusculus Weld, 1952 | |
Dryocosmus minusculus is an abundant species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in California in North America. [1] [2] Commonly known as the pumpkin gall wasp, the wasp oviposits on the leaves of Quercus agrifolia , Quercus wislizenii , and Quercus kelloggii . In spring and summer, larvae induce round galls reaching 1 mm across. Fresh galls are pale with darker centers. Adult wasps emerge the following spring. [1]
