| Feron parmula | |
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| A gall formed by F. parmula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Feron |
| Species: | F. parmula |
| Binomial name | |
| Feron parmula Bassett, 1900 | |
| Synonyms | |
Andricus parmula | |
Feron parmula, also known as the disc gall wasp, is a species of oak gall wasp in the genus Feron. [1] [2] It induces galls in a wide selection of oak species, especially white oaks, [3] and including hybrids. [4] The galls are disc-shaped, up to 3 mm in diameter, and pale with red streaking. Adult females emerge in April. [3] The galls induced by F. parmula superficially resemble the galls of Feron gigas, Andricus viscidus , and newly identified species called the "plate gall wasp" and the "orange-cap gall wasp" by Ronald Russo. [3] Galls induced by this wasp have been documented in Oregon and California on the Pacific coast of North America. [5]
