Trichoteras coquilletti
Appearance
Trichoteras coquilletti | |
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Trinity County, California, 2021 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Subfamily: | Cynipinae |
Tribe: | Cynipini |
Genus: | Trichoteras |
Species: | T. coquilletti
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Binomial name | |
Trichoteras coquilletti Ashmead, 1897
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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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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.