Trichoteras coquilletti

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Trichoteras coquilletti
Trichoteras coquilletti (formerly Andricus coquilletti) - little oak-apple gall wasp - iNaturalist Photo 135823128, (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda.jpg
Trinity County, California, 2021
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily: Cynipinae
Tribe: Cynipini
Genus: Trichoteras
Species:
T. coquilletti
Binomial name
Trichoteras coquilletti
Ashmead, 1897

Trichoteras coquilletti, formerly Andricus coquilletti, also known as the little oak-apple gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in North America. [1] This wasp oviposits on the underside of the leaves of huckleberry oaks and canyon live oaks. [1] The larval chamber is at the center of the gall, connected to the husk by slender, radiating fibers. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 154. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN   978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN   2020949502. S2CID   238148746.