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Species Callirhytis seminator - Wool Sower Gall Wasp

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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 Callirhytis
Species seminator (Wool Sower Gall Wasp)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Callirhytis seminator
Size
Around 20mm in diameter.
Identification
White with pink spots detachable stem gall on Quercus alba. Many celled.
Season
Spring gall.
Remarks
The gall has a distinctly stick surface when fresh and droplets have been observed.(1)
Parasitoid:
Internet References
Forestry Images image.
Works Cited
1.Plant Galls and Gall Makers
Ephraim Porter Felt. 1940. Comstock Publishing Company, Inc., Ithaca NY.
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 6 May, 2008 - 2:19am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, ceiseman, Marci Hess, PaleoJon
Last updated 13 October, 2023 - 12:03pm

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