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Atrusca capronae
Coconino National Forest, Sedona, Arizona, 2023
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Atrusca
Species:
A. capronae
Binomial name
Atrusca capronae
(Weld, 1930)

Atrusca capronae, also known as the striped oak-apple gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in North America. [1] The wasp oviposits on shrub live oak leaves. [1] The intensity of the stripe color may vary regionally. [1] This wasp is most commonly observed in Arizona but is found elsewhere in southwestern North America where its host plant is present. [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 108–109. doi: 10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN  978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN  2020949502. S2CID  238148746.
  2. ^ "Atrusca capronae". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Atrusca capronae
Coconino National Forest, Sedona, Arizona, 2023
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Cynipidae
Genus: Atrusca
Species:
A. capronae
Binomial name
Atrusca capronae
(Weld, 1930)

Atrusca capronae, also known as the striped oak-apple gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in North America. [1] The wasp oviposits on shrub live oak leaves. [1] The intensity of the stripe color may vary regionally. [1] This wasp is most commonly observed in Arizona but is found elsewhere in southwestern North America where its host plant is present. [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Russo, Ronald A. (2021). Plant Galls of the Western United States. Princeton University Press. pp. 108–109. doi: 10.1515/9780691213408. ISBN  978-0-691-21340-8. LCCN  2020949502. S2CID  238148746.
  2. ^ "Atrusca capronae". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-23.

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