| Dryocosmus rileyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Kokkocynips |
| Species: | K. rileyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Kokkocynips rileyi (Nieves-Aldrey, 2021) | |
Kokkocynips rileyi is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. [1] K. rileyi has two structures; a gall body and a kapello. The kapello. [2] is a fatty lipid rich appendage that attracts ants for gall dispersal, similar to myrmecochorous seeds.
Previously in the genus Dryocosmus, but rearranged into Kokkocynips. [3]
