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Species Andricus opertus - Fimbriate 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 Andricus
Species opertus (Fimbriate Gall Wasp)
Identification
Larvae induce galls with shredded, fiber-like projections on various species of white oak in California. These are leaf galls but they often disrupt the growth of the leaf, in some cases quite completely.