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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) » Kokkocynips » Kokkocynips decidua

Species Kokkocynips decidua

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks · Works Cited
Galls on an oak leaf - Kokkocynips decidua galls on oak - Kokkocynips decidua Finger galls on red oak midvein - Kokkocynips decidua Gall on black oak - Kokkocynips decidua Gall on black oak - Kokkocynips decidua Gall on Oak Leaf Blade - Zopheroteras vaccinii?? - Kokkocynips decidua Kokkocynips decidua Shingle oak gall - Kokkocynips decidua
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 Kokkocynips
Species decidua (Kokkocynips decidua)
Other Common Names
Felt (1) refers to the galls produced by this species variously as "deciduous oak gall," "black oak wheat," and "oak leaf seed gall."
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Andricus decidua Beutenmueller, 1913
Dryocosmus deciduus (Beutenmüller, 1913)
Remarks
Larvae develop in galls on the undersides of the midveins of leaves in the red oak group, splitting the midvein as the galls grow.
Works Cited
1.Plant Galls and Gall Makers
Ephraim Porter Felt. 1940. Comstock Publishing Company, Inc., Ithaca NY.
Contributed by tom murray on 1 October, 2008 - 4:24pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 25 February, 2021 - 7:21pm

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