Species Antron quercusechinus - Urchin Gall Wasp

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Print References

Antron quercusechinus? - Antron quercusechinus

Cynips douglasii or quercusechinus - Antron quercusechinus

Wasp Gall? Fungus? - Antron quercusechinus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)

Superfamily Cynipoidea

Family Cynipidae (Gall Wasps)

Tribe Cynipini (Oak Gall Wasps)

Genus Antron

Species quercusechinus (Urchin Gall Wasp)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Antron quercusechinus

Size

Up to 10mm across.

Identification

These wasps produce summer/fall leaf galls resembling spiny red or pink sea urchins. Galls are on blue and scrub oaks. Adults emerge in November or soon after, and parthenogenic females lay eggs in leaf buds. A bisexual generation (males and females) develop galls in the buds; these galls are very different looking from the summer galls and harder to find -- they appear as swollen buds.

Print References

Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States by Ron Russo

Contributed by Joyce Gross on 11 August, 2007 - 2:26am
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 10 February, 2012 - 11:05am

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