Burnettweldia washingtonensis | |
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Sonoma County, California, 2023 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Genus: | Burnettweldia |
Species: | B. washingtonensis
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Binomial name | |
Burnettweldia washingtonensis (Gillette, 1894)
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Synonyms | |
Disholcaspis washingtonensis |
Burnettweldia washingtonensis, formerly Disholcaspis washingtonensis, the fuzzy gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces stem galls on white oaks on the Pacific coast of North America. [1] [2] The detachable galls have a little stem or neck, are gray or beige and fuzzy, and measure about 8–10 mm in diameter. [1] [3] The larval chamber is located at the center of the ball, the interior of which is otherwise chocolate brown. [1] [3] Older galls may appear pitted. [3] The locally common galls induced by this wasp are sometimes mistaken for the galls induced by Besbicus conspicuus. [3]
Burnettweldia washingtonensis | |
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Sonoma County, California, 2023 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Genus: | Burnettweldia |
Species: | B. washingtonensis
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Binomial name | |
Burnettweldia washingtonensis (Gillette, 1894)
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Synonyms | |
Disholcaspis washingtonensis |
Burnettweldia washingtonensis, formerly Disholcaspis washingtonensis, the fuzzy gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces stem galls on white oaks on the Pacific coast of North America. [1] [2] The detachable galls have a little stem or neck, are gray or beige and fuzzy, and measure about 8–10 mm in diameter. [1] [3] The larval chamber is located at the center of the ball, the interior of which is otherwise chocolate brown. [1] [3] Older galls may appear pitted. [3] The locally common galls induced by this wasp are sometimes mistaken for the galls induced by Besbicus conspicuus. [3]