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Species Burnettweldia corallina - Coral Gall Wasp

Coral Gall Wasp - Burnettweldia corallina Coral Gall Wasp - Burnettweldia corallina Disholcaspis corallina - Burnettweldia corallina
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 Burnettweldia
Species corallina (Coral Gall Wasp)
Size
Gall size up to 10mm.
Identification
Larvae make summer galls on Quercus douglasii (blue oak). Galls are round with 2mm clublike projections.