Burnettweldia corallina | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Genus: | Burnettweldia |
Species: | B. corallina
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Binomial name | |
Burnettweldia corallina (Bassett, 1890)
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Synonyms | |
Disholcaspis corallina |
Burnettweldia corallina, formerly Disholcaspis corallina, the coral gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces galls on blue oaks in California in North America. [1] [2] The wasp oviposits at the base of leaf petioles. [2] The detachable galls start out a mottled red-orange-yellow and over time darken to a deep brown and become brittle. [2] This gall superficially resembles the oak galls induced by Besbicus heldae and Cynips quercusechinus. [1]
Burnettweldia corallina | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Cynipidae |
Genus: | Burnettweldia |
Species: | B. corallina
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Binomial name | |
Burnettweldia corallina (Bassett, 1890)
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Synonyms | |
Disholcaspis corallina |
Burnettweldia corallina, formerly Disholcaspis corallina, the coral gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces galls on blue oaks in California in North America. [1] [2] The wasp oviposits at the base of leaf petioles. [2] The detachable galls start out a mottled red-orange-yellow and over time darken to a deep brown and become brittle. [2] This gall superficially resembles the oak galls induced by Besbicus heldae and Cynips quercusechinus. [1]