Dryocosmus castanopsidis

Dryocosmus castanopsidis, also known as the chinquapin flower gall wasp, is a species of cynipid wasp that induces galls on the flowers of giant chinquapin and bush chinquapin on the west coast of North America.[1] The husk and flesh of the galls are red, with a "golden bloom" on the husk, and the central larval chamber has a green tint.[1]

Dryocosmus castanopsidis
San Mateo County, California, 2022
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Dryocosmus
Species:
D. castanopsidis
Binomial name
Dryocosmus castanopsidis
(Beutenmueller, 1917)

References

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  1. ^ a b Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. p. 240. doi:10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN 978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN 2020949502. OCLC 1239984577. S2CID 238148746.

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