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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Cynipoidea » Gall Wasps (Cynipidae) » Oak Gall Wasps (Cynipini) » Amphibolips » Live Oak Gallfly (Amphibolips quercuspomiformis)

Species Amphibolips quercuspomiformis - Live Oak Gallfly

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Live Oak Gallfly - Amphibolips quercuspomiformis Oak Gall - Amphibolips quercuspomiformis Live Oak Gallfly gall - Amphibolips quercuspomiformis Cynipid from Oak Apple - Amphibolips quercuspomiformis Oak Apple - Amphibolips quercuspomiformis Which wasp caused this gall? - Amphibolips quercuspomiformis Callirhytis quercuspomiformis - Amphibolips quercuspomiformis Callirhytis quercuspomiformis? - Amphibolips quercuspomiformis
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 Amphibolips
Species quercuspomiformis (Live Oak Gallfly)
Life Cycle
Two generations per year, each producing completely different galls. The unisexual summer generation creates stem galls that are hard, round, and spiny, up to 3cm in diameter. The bisexual spring generation creates mushroom-shaped galls on the leaves, up to 7mm wide and tall. Found on Quercus agrifolia (coast live oak) and Quercus wislizenii (interior live oak).
Print References
Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States by Ron Russo
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 23 September, 2007 - 3:17am

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